Luis Murillo

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Marked for Luis Murillo

18 Edition

The América de Natal Courier

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match30 Nov 2026

América de Natal are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 29 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Match28 Nov 2026

After 12 games, América de Natal finally taste it again

The first defeat in 12 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Santa Cruz; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

João Bom: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” América de Natal have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match28 Nov 2026

No end in sight to América de Natal's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at América de Natal has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Charles 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 América de Natal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match28 Nov 2026

Santa Cruz take the points off América de Natal

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Luis Murillo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Murillo, and the manager let it.

Match30 Nov 2026

The half-term report on América de Natal

Position 3, 29 points, and every result so far reduced to one line. The second half of the season starts with the same squad and a different set of expectations.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Samuel Cunha to a room that had heard them before.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The América de Natal Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Nov 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Rafael Martins

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

Squad16 Nov 2026

Tempers go at América de Natal

Souza 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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

América de Natal count the cost of losing Pedro Marinho

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

A reunion for Iarley Barros

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against ASA in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market16 Nov 2026

The Igor Morais story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Igor Morais signs something — a contract at América de Natal or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

A door opens for Bruno Arrabal

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

11 Edition

The América de Natal Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad12 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Rafael Martins

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

Squad12 Oct 2026

A row about effort at América de Natal

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Souza was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at América de Natal

Carlito Thiago and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Carlito Thiago

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Carlito Thiago, and the manager let it.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

A promise honoured at América de Natal

Something was said to Carlito Thiago and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Bruno Arrabal 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 Bruno Arrabal trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

10 Edition

The América de Natal Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad5 Oct 2026

Rafael Martins stands alone

9 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.

Match5 Oct 2026

América de Natal refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 22 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.

Match3 Oct 2026

Nobody wants to play América de Natal right now

4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A falling-out at América de Natal

Souza and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match3 Oct 2026

América de Natal get the job done against Penedense

A 3‑1 win over Penedense, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Igor Morais was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.14. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad5 Oct 2026

The decline has begun for Luis Murillo

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 36 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for América de Natal is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Luiz Felipe beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Luis Murillo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luis Murillo commits to América de Natal for another 2 years.

In brief