The Rio Ave Post
Squad12 Oct 2026
Miguel Patrício breaks a bone — 56 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 56 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Rafael Lobato
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Cezary Miszta 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 Rio Ave this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Rafael Lobato
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match10 Oct 2026
Tamble Monteiro the difference as Rio Ave beat Nacional
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Tamble Monteiro. 1‑0 against Nacional, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Rio Ave training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jakub Brabec 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.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Tamble Monteiro
- Squad No hiding place for Andreas Ndoj
- Market Bacari Djamanca leaves for nothing