The Náutico Courier
Squad17 May 2027
81 days out for Júnior Alves after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Náutico will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market17 May 2027
Juninho asks to leave Náutico
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market17 May 2027
Juninho is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Náutico is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 May 2027
Words exchanged at Náutico
Benjamín Borasi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market17 May 2027
One of our own: Douglas Rangel joins the Náutico first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Douglas Rangel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 May 2027
One of our own: Matheus Borges joins the Náutico first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matheus Borges is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match15 May 2027
Náutico get the job done against América Mineiro
A 1‑0 win over América Mineiro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 May 2027
Juninho 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.
Player ratings17 May 2027
The afternoon belonged to Matheus Ribeiro
A mark of 7.73, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- The dugout A satisfied Thiago Alves
- The dugout The form table has caught Igor Fernandes
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Wenderson