The Santa Cruz de Natal Sentinel
Boardroom21 Apr 2036
Santa Cruz de Natal run out of patience with Interim Coach
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Interim Coach clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Boardroom21 Apr 2036
An empty coaching office at Santa Cruz de Natal
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
Squad21 Apr 2036
15 days out for Guillermo Vargas after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Santa Cruz de Natal will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout21 Apr 2036
Lucas Sena says Santa Cruz de Natal went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom21 Apr 2036
Interim Coach minds the shop at Santa Cruz de Natal
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Interim Coach recited it perfectly.
Boardroom21 Apr 2036
Graduation day at Santa Cruz de Natal
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad21 Apr 2036
Words at Santa Cruz de Natal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Renato Teixeira 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.
Squad21 Apr 2036
Tempers go at Santa Cruz de Natal
Lucas Sena 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.
Market21 Apr 2036
One of our own: Sérgio Assis joins the Santa Cruz de Natal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Assis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thiago Batista joins the Santa Cruz de Natal first team
- Market Fenômeno steps up from the Santa Cruz de Natal academy
- Market Santa Cruz de Natal promote Wesley Pereira from within