The Ponte Preta Post
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Santiago Gallelli: 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.” Ponte Preta have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Ponte Preta
Benjamín González was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Ponte Preta
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces19 Apr 2027
Ponte Preta supporters have found a favourite in Nahuel da Silva
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Nahuel da Silva has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Jonathan Cafu was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market19 Apr 2027
Ponte Preta promote Rafinha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafinha has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Apr 2027
Márcio Lima steps up from the Ponte Preta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Márcio Lima has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match17 Apr 2027
Ponte Preta find a way past Operário Ferroviário
Operário Ferroviário made Ponte Preta work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Sergio Palacios falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Miguel stays put
- The dugout Elvis is still paying for one afternoon at Ponte Preta
- Player ratings Lucas Cunha takes the honours