The ABC Sentinel
Market19 Apr 2032
Yéiner Vargas puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at ABC, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Apr 2032
A one-man rearguard from Dalberson
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout19 Apr 2032
Rafael Bezerra keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” ABC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market19 Apr 2032
Only the photograph left for João Pedro
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. João Pedro will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around ABC the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad19 Apr 2032
A falling-out at ABC
Dalberson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Apr 2032
Graduation day at ABC
12 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Apr 2032
Words at ABC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Berardozzi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market19 Apr 2032
One of our own: Rafael Pacheco joins the ABC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rafael Pacheco is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2032
One of our own: Biel joins the ABC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Biel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match América de Natal take the points off ABC
- Boardroom ABC board go back on their word
- The dugout Bruno Fonseca faces the questions