The Grêmio Herald
Squad1 Jan 2035
Luiz Mandaca breaks a bone — 28 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 28 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings1 Jan 2035
Axel Borja runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market1 Jan 2035
Guilherme puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Grêmio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jan 2035
Jhoao Rodríguez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Grêmio they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 Jan 2035
Tempers go at Grêmio
Tetê 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.
Match30 Dec 2034
Nobody wants to play Grêmio right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Market1 Jan 2035
Jovane Cabral wants more than Grêmio are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad1 Jan 2035
Words at Grêmio training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Olivera 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.
Match30 Dec 2034
Grêmio keep winning on the road
4 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
In brief
- Match Grêmio see off Vasco da Gama
- Player ratings One of those days for Tiago
- Squad When it matters, Cristian Olivera plays