William Alves

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13 Edition

The Santa Cruz Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Oct 2026

Felipe Alves damages knee ligaments — 53 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 53 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Robinho 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 Santa Cruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Israel 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.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Santa Cruz Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Sep 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Felipe Alves

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

Match5 Sep 2026

7 matches without a win for Santa Cruz

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Santa Cruz are no longer polite ones.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Santa Cruz

Robinho 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.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Robinho runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Matheus Régis named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Matheus Régis is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Squad7 Sep 2026

William Alves gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief