The Confiança Herald
Squad17 Apr 2028
Buba breaks a bone — 103 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 103 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match15 Apr 2028
A hiding for Confiança
Beaten 0‑3 by Volta Redonda, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Kauê Canela: 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.” Confiança have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market17 Apr 2028
Kauê Canela has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Confiança they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market17 Apr 2028
Wesley Rodrigues hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Confiança can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Confiança
Robson Reis 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 Confiança
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 Confiança training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kauê Canela 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
Thiago Lopes steps up from the Confiança academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thiago Lopes 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Igor Fernandes joins the Confiança first team
- Boardroom Confiança let a promise lapse
- The dugout No hiding place for Agustín Juárez