The Atlético Mineiro Gazette
Squad16 Feb 2032
The knee: Tiago Rocha out for 29 days
29 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Atlético Mineiro lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad16 Feb 2032
Tempers go at Atlético Mineiro
Agustín Príncipe was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout16 Feb 2032
When it matters, Gabriel Menino plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout16 Feb 2032
The manager has not finished forgetting Fausto Vera's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout16 Feb 2032
The manager makes an example of Igor Carvalho
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market16 Feb 2032
The Alexsander story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Alexsander signs something — a contract at Atlético Mineiro or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Mateus Xavier knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad The penny has dropped for Wesley Natã
- Squad Bruno Costa back in training