The Independência Herald
Squad17 Nov 2031
A fracture rules Vinicius Belotti out for 71 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Independência will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad17 Nov 2031
Júnior Costa damages knee ligaments — 59 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 59 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market17 Nov 2031
Monarca 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 The request is on a desk at Independência, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Nov 2031
Words at Independência training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Murilo 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.
Squad17 Nov 2031
Júnior Saudade in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Independência this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Nov 2031
134% of the income goes out in wages at Independência
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The dugout17 Nov 2031
Juan 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 Juan trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout17 Nov 2031
Monarca is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Looking ahead17 Nov 2031
Júnior Saudade faces his old club
Maranhão next, and one man in the Independência dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- Market The Da Silva question follows Independência around
- Market Guilherme Vieira runs his contract down
- Market Independência put Júnior Saudade up for sale