The Chapecoense Sentinel
Squad17 Apr 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Yannick Bolasie
132 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Chapecoense lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Walter Clar says Chapecoense went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Yannick Bolasie in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chapecoense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Apr 2028
Chapecoense may not be able to give Victor Caetano what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Victor Caetano wants continental football; whether Chapecoense can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Chapecoense
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.
Match15 Apr 2028
6 unbeaten for Chapecoense
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Chapecoense did not have in the autumn.
Squad17 Apr 2028
A row about effort at Chapecoense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fabricio Bustos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market17 Apr 2028
Chapecoense promote Fábio Pacheco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fábio Pacheco 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Júnior Viana joins the Chapecoense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Júnior Viana 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 Chapecoense promote José Tavares from within
- Squad Chapecoense lose Rodrygo Moura
- Boardroom Chapecoense let a promise lapse