The Santa Cruz de Natal Sentinel
Squad11 Sep 2028
A falling-out at Santa Cruz de Natal
Warlen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Words at Santa Cruz de Natal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rhyan Modesto 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.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
No hiding place for Ícaro
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ícaro, and the manager let it.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Peu knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Peu trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market11 Sep 2028
The Warlen story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Warlen signs something — a contract at Santa Cruz de Natal or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Looking ahead11 Sep 2028
An away day at Goiânia next for Santa Cruz de Natal
They sit in position 5 and they will be waiting. Away form is where a season shows its true character, and this side has a point to make about its own.
In brief
- Squad Osayi Olagunju takes up the language
- Match Mid-table, and Santa Cruz de Natal know it
- Squad Welcome back, José Lima