Gênio

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Itabaiana
3 Jan 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Gênio

65 Edition

The Itabaiana Chronicle

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Both of them Ben-Hur's — 8.16

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.16, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

The dugout

Jhonnatha keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Itabaiana may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

A falling-out at Itabaiana

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

Squad

Words at Itabaiana training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Ghigliazza 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.

Match

Ben-Hur sends Itabaiana past Nova Iguaçu

It finished 2‑1, and it was Ben-Hur’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Itabaiana.

The dugout

Douglas Tavares frozen out at Itabaiana

This is not rotation. Douglas Tavares has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Itabaiana is pretending otherwise.

Match

Ben-Hur at the heart of a fast Itabaiana start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Ben-Hur in the middle of it, and Nova Iguaçu unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

Player ratings

Fernando Ceará ran the middle of the pitch — 7.89

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 10 combined actions and a mark of 7.89, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Alex Araujo, on a 2‑1 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief

Back issues
50 Edition

The Itabaiana Chronicle

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Fábio Lopes out for 27 days

27 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Itabaiana lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings

Both of them Caíque's — 8.47

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.47, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

Words exchanged at Itabaiana

Dodô 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.

Transfer targets

Itabaiana rebuffed over Yuri Alves

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bragantino have kept their man, and Itabaiana go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A row about effort at Itabaiana

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kevin Ghigliazza was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

Itabaiana get the job done against Portuguesa

A 2‑0 win over Portuguesa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Samuel Peixoto steps up from the Itabaiana academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Peixoto 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.

Market

Bruno Correia steps up from the Itabaiana academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bruno Correia 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.

Market

Itabaiana promote Tiago Martins from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tiago Martins 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.

In brief