The Vila Nova Courier
Squad10 May 2027
86 days out for Dellatorre after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Vila Nova will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Boardroom10 May 2027
Still nobody in the Vila Nova dugout
39 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Match8 May 2027
4 matches without a win for Vila Nova
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Vila Nova are no longer polite ones.
Squad10 May 2027
A falling-out at Vila Nova
Rafa Silva and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 May 2027
No hiding place for Philipe Sampaio
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Philipe Sampaio, and the manager let it.
Market10 May 2027
One of our own: Bruno Freitas joins the Vila Nova first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bruno Freitas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 May 2027
One of our own: Baiano joins the Vila Nova first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Baiano is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 May 2027
Vila Nova come up short against Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 May 2027
Caixeta signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Caixeta commits to Vila Nova for another 4 years.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Alix Vinicius asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Tiago Pagnussat does not fit this one