The Internacional Courier
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
Internacional tie Gabriel Peixoto down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Internacional
Thiago Maia 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.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Internacional
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.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Bruno Rangel joins the Internacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bruno Rangel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
Marcelo Assis steps up from the Internacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcelo Assis 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Vitor Mendes joins the Internacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vitor Mendes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Marcos Rodrigues joins the Internacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcos Rodrigues is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Apr 2028
A row about effort at Internacional
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alan Rodríguez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Ronaldo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. 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.
In brief
- Loan watch Filipe Sírio has seen enough of Tuna Luso
- The dugout Igor Paixão has become a man the manager trusts
- Match Youssef En-Nesyri rescues a point for Internacional