The Humaitá Courier
The terraces30 Aug 2027
Supporters organise against the Humaitá board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market30 Aug 2027
Rivaldo asks to leave Humaitá
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match28 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Humaitá
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Humaitá are no longer polite ones.
Match28 Aug 2027
Humaitá come up short against Maracanã
Maracanã left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words at Humaitá training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ismael Camors 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 dugout30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Ronaldo
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Humaitá count the cost of losing André Xavier
32 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Match28 Aug 2027
Humaitá hit back inside 1 minutes
Maracanã held the lead for 1 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Humaitá answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Victor Neves: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Jonnathan Lima is still paying for one afternoon at Humaitá
- Player ratings Rivaldo runs at them all day
- Squad Young player of the week: Guilherme Teixeira