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Marked for Dudu

522 Edition

The São Bernardo Herald

28 Jul 2036
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Jul 2036

115 days out for Valdir after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. São Bernardo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match23 Jul 2036

The cup run ends for São Bernardo

1‑1 against Palmeiras, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad28 Jul 2036

A one-man rearguard from Luiz Sá

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match28 Jul 2036

São Bernardo refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 34 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Market28 Jul 2036

Felipe Cabrera has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around São Bernardo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Player ratings28 Jul 2036

Andrés Alfonso beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market28 Jul 2036

Samuel 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 São Bernardo can pretend not to have heard.

Squad28 Jul 2036

João Gabriel 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 São Bernardo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets28 Jul 2036

São Bernardo rebuffed over Dudu

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

In brief

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517 Edition

The Flamengo Herald

23 Jun 2036
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad23 Jun 2036

A knee injury of the worst kind for Lucca

39 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Flamengo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match18 Jun 2036

Flamengo through in the cup

A 7‑0 win over Goiatuba, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market23 Jun 2036

Flamengo spend $18.6M to raise the standard

This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $18.6M has been paid because Bruninho is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.

Market23 Jun 2036

Sérgio Bezerra has said yes to Retrô

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Flamengo have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad23 Jun 2036

3 goals for Dudu

The match ball belongs to Dudu, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Squad23 Jun 2036

Bruninho gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Bruninho has just signed for Flamengo, and for once the answer mattered.

Market23 Jun 2036

Igor Araujo turns Monte Azul down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Player ratings23 Jun 2036

No sign of nerves from Vitor Martins at 21 — 8.24

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Vitor Martins did not need any: 8.24, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market23 Jun 2036

Lucca asks to leave Flamengo

“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.

In brief