Douglas Borel

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Marked for Douglas Borel

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The Santa Clara Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market24 Aug 2026

Santa Clara turn down Pacos de Ferreira for Lucas Soares

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market24 Aug 2026

Luis Fernando 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 Santa Clara can pretend not to have heard.

Squad24 Aug 2026

MT 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Santa Clara

Lucas Soares 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Gil Vicente take the points off Santa Clara

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Douglas Borel

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

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3 Edition

The Santa Clara Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match15 Aug 2026

Nowhere to hide for Santa Clara

0‑3 against Braga, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market17 Aug 2026

Sporting CP come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Santa Clara did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Santa Clara

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Santa Clara training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. MT 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Lucas Soares 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 Clara this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Aug 2026

MT 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Ruben Miranda steps up from the Santa Clara academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ruben Miranda has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market17 Aug 2026

Santa Clara promote Tiago Machado from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tiago Machado has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market17 Aug 2026

Santa Clara promote Gustavo Ferreira from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustavo Ferreira has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief