The Cruzeiro Post
Squad27 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at Cruzeiro
Cássio 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.
Market27 Mar 2028
Cruzeiro promote Renato Farias from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Renato Farias has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market27 Mar 2028
Caio Carvalho steps up from the Cruzeiro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caio Carvalho 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.
Market27 Mar 2028
Felipe Batista steps up from the Cruzeiro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felipe Batista 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.
Market27 Mar 2028
Cruzeiro promote André Xavier from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. André Xavier has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
No hiding place for Gabriel Barbosa
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Barbosa, and the manager let it.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Lucas Silva falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Khalid Al Bloushi has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Cruzeiro will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Gabriel Pec asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout Kauã Moraes has been promised minutes
- Squad Tevis wants to know why he earns less
- Squad The training reports on Felipe Batista are not good