Rafa

Defensive Midfielder - Porto Velho
2 Aug 2028
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Marked for Rafa

105 Edition

The Porto Velho Herald

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match29 Jul 2028

8 matches without a win for Porto Velho

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Porto Velho are no longer polite ones.

Boardroom31 Jul 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Porto Velho

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Porto Velho is running low.

Market31 Jul 2028

Rafa asks to leave Porto Velho

“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.

Player ratings31 Jul 2028

Nobody could get near William Casanova

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Words exchanged at Porto Velho

Sidnei 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 targets31 Jul 2028

Floresta tell Porto Velho: Jackson is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad31 Jul 2028

A row about effort at Porto Velho

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

Boardroom31 Jul 2028

The borrowing at Porto Velho reaches $4.7M

Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $4.7M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.

The dugout31 Jul 2028

No hiding place for Anderson Mauro

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Anderson Mauro, and the manager let it.

In brief

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79 Edition

The Porto Velho Herald

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market31 Jan 2028

Weslley hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Porto Velho can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

Felipe Davila frozen out at Porto Velho

This is not rotation. Felipe Davila has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Porto Velho is pretending otherwise.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Porto Velho

Carlos Mora 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.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Words at Porto Velho training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Wendel 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.

Boardroom31 Jan 2028

No signings allowed at Porto Velho

The manager may talk to whoever he likes and may pay nobody. A squad survives a window like this by borrowing, by promoting, and by hoping the injuries land somewhere else.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

Carlos Mora knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Carlos Mora trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

No hiding place for Rafa

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rafa, and the manager let it.

Squad31 Jan 2028

“I want to play”: Hernán Molina speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Market31 Jan 2028

The clock does Quintino’s negotiating for him

7 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Porto Velho could ask drops and the wages Quintino can ask rise.

In brief

53 Edition

The Porto Velho Herald

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match31 Jul 2027

The wait goes on for Porto Velho

13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

Pressure builds in the Porto Velho boardroom

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

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

Wesley Correia has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Porto Velho can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Diego Bolt signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Diego Bolt commits to Porto Velho for another 3 years.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Porto Velho

Lucas Emanuel 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.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Door shut on André Nogueira

Porto Velho asked and Sport Recife said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad2 Aug 2027

A row about effort at Porto Velho

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

The terraces2 Aug 2027

Porto Velho supporters have found a favourite in Junior Zapata

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Junior Zapata has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings2 Aug 2027

William Casanova runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief