Roberto Assis

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Free Agent
27 Mar 2033
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317 Edition

The Independência Herald

23 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad23 Aug 2032

Lukão breaks a bone — 89 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 89 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad23 Aug 2032

Allan Vitor stands alone

10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market23 Aug 2032

Roberto Assis 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 The request is on a desk at Independência, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match21 Aug 2032

Whatever happens, Independência do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Boardroom23 Aug 2032

Embargo at Independência

No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.

Squad23 Aug 2032

Sander Pedersen 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.

Match21 Aug 2032

João Victor rescues a point for Independência

It needed João Victor to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Iguatu, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout23 Aug 2032

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Interim Coach was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Independência dressing room was either.

The dugout23 Aug 2032

Erivelton asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

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The Independência Herald

26 Jul 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match24 Jul 2032

Independência tear Imperatriz apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Imperatriz, and it could have been more.

Player ratings26 Jul 2032

Both of them João Victor's — 8.29

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.29, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market26 Jul 2032

Roberto Assis 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.

Boardroom26 Jul 2032

Independência close the window on a squad of their own making

8 in and 12 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Match24 Jul 2032

Independência cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad26 Jul 2032

Time is catching up with Da Silva

Everybody at Independência saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 33 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.

Market26 Jul 2032

Independência keep João Victor

The borrowed shirt is his now: Independência have made the move permanent, and the only thing that changes is the paperwork. Everybody involved already knew exactly what they were getting.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2032

Independência rebuffed over Bernardo

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

Squad26 Jul 2032

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.

In brief