Dunga

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3 Aug 2031
Sunday
Process

Marked for Dunga

238 Edition

The Mixto Chronicle

17 Feb 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Hulk

95 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mixto lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Mixto boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

A falling-out at Mixto

Joazi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Kauã Miranda 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Roberto Alves

“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.

Market

The Henrique Alves story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Henrique Alves signs something — a contract at Mixto or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

Back issues
211 Edition

The Mixto Chronicle

12 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Wesley Borges in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mixto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Mathias Santana

“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.

The dugout

Rafael Rodrigues: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout

Wesley Borges knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Mixto, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Kauã Miranda 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.

Market

No place for Eduardo Souza in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Eduardo Souza has his answer from Mixto; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Match

Point won or two lost for Mixto?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Aparecidense? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

The dugout

No place in the plan for Fábio Neves

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Market

The Henrique Alves talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Mixto know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief