Giovanni

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Marked for Giovanni

13 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad26 Oct 2026

Renan Ribeiro keeps Estrela da Amadora in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Robinho says Estrela da Amadora 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Estrela da Amadora

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

Squad26 Oct 2026

Julian Vazquez 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 Estrela da Amadora this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match25 Oct 2026

Estrela da Amadora see off Benfica

Three points for Estrela da Amadora, 1‑0 the final word against Benfica in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Giovanni did the work nobody counts — 7.00

9 combined actions and 7.00. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Antonio Marques has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Antonio Marques on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ianis Stoica is off the mark for Estrela da Amadora

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Georgy Tunguliyadi

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

In brief

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11 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Stefan Leković at Estrela da Amadora

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Stefan Leković is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Estrela da Amadora

Lovro Zvonarek 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Léo Linck pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Loan watch12 Oct 2026

Beni Souza has seen enough of Penafiel

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Estrela da Amadora, and 3 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Time is catching up with Giovanni

Everybody at Estrela da Amadora saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 37 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.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Renan Ribeiro faces his old club

Sporting CP next, and one man in the Estrela da Amadora dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Market12 Oct 2026

Talks stall between Estrela da Amadora and Edson Farias

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market12 Oct 2026

Estrela da Amadora pick up Julian Vazquez for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Julian Vazquez arrives at Estrela da Amadora with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes Georgy Tunguliyadi a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Estrela da Amadora. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

6 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Fee done, terms next for Valter Monteiro

Estrela da Amadora and Mafra have settled on $1.1M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

The window shuts on the Erison deal

Estrela da Amadora ran out of time with Kawasaki Frontale. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Market7 Sep 2026

Yannick Caupers 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 Estrela da Amadora, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Estrela da Amadora close the window on a squad of their own making

14 in and 32 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.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

An offer of $1.2M for Lucas Soares

Estrela da Amadora have gone to Santa Clara with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Market7 Sep 2026

Leo Ceara wants more than Estrela da Amadora are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Estrela da Amadora rebuffed over Deivison Souza

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

Squad7 Sep 2026

Leo Ceara 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Jefferson Encada 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 Estrela da Amadora this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief