The Vitória Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matheuzinho stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matheuzinho and Vitória agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Vitória
Marinho 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matheuzinho 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Diego Tarzia runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match8 Aug 2026
Vitória and Internacional take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Baralhas knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Vitória, and both men came out saying it was fine.