The Altos Post
Market17 Apr 2028
Bremer 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 The request is on a desk at Altos, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Up for the corner, and Marcos Antônio delivers — 7.94
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Marcos Antônio scored, was marked 7.94, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
João Victor: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Altos have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Altos
Gabriel Soares and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Altos
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Altos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcos Vinicius 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.
The terraces17 Apr 2028
One of their own: Bruno Belizán
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match15 Apr 2028
Rafael Teixeira sends Altos past Imperatriz
It finished 2‑0, and it was Rafael Teixeira’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Altos.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Arthur Barbosa joins the Altos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arthur Barbosa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Altos promote Branquinho from within
- Market José Araujo steps up from the Altos academy
- The dugout A satisfied Fábio Fernandes