The Mirassol Courier
Market14 Feb 2028
Rodrigues asks to leave Mirassol
“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.
Market14 Feb 2028
So close: Alex Muralha’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. CSA moved on, Alex Muralha reports back to Mirassol, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Mirassol
Alex Kouto Horio Pisano 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Bruno Peixoto steps up from the Mirassol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bruno Peixoto 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Luiz Lopes steps up from the Mirassol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luiz 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.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Renato Marques knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Mirassol, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Alex Kouto Horio Pisano remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Mirassol would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Squad14 Feb 2028
An aura around Alex Kouto Horio Pisano
Where he used to play does most of his talking for him at Mirassol. The room defers to it, the kids study it, and the only thing that can puncture it is a bad month.
Squad14 Feb 2028
The penny has dropped for Nicolás Carrizo
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Mirassol the difference is visible from the back of the stand.