The Goiânia Post
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
6 academy graduates step up at Goiânia
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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Mateus Neves steps up from the Goiânia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mateus Neves 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Goiânia promote Marcelo Rodrigues from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcelo Rodrigues 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Goiânia promote Leonardo Machado from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Machado 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Goiânia promote Branquinho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Branquinho 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Thiago Araujo 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A promise the Goiânia board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Goiânia
Pablo Martínez 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Goiânia are still strangers to each other
9 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- The dugout Paulo Amaral gets picked when it counts
- Boardroom Goiânia turn down the training-ground plan
- Looking ahead Lucas Bala goes back to face Porto Velho