The Bragantino Courier
Squad17 Apr 2028
Gabriel damages knee ligaments — 71 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 71 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Eduardo Sasha: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bragantino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match15 Apr 2028
Still nobody has beaten Bragantino
The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market17 Apr 2028
Caetano is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bragantino is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Bragantino
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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Bragantino
Ángelo Preciado 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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Bragantino lose Luan Cândido
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market17 Apr 2028
Diego Oliveira steps up from the Bragantino academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Oliveira 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
Márcio Xavier steps up from the Bragantino academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Márcio Xavier 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: André Queiroz joins the Bragantino first team
- Match Bragantino find a way past Goiás
- Squad Words at Bragantino training over how hard people work