The Vitória Gazette
Match1 Aug 2026
Vitória taken apart
0‑3 to Bragantino, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Lucas Arcanjo stands alone
6 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Kolkheti-1913 Poti come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Vitória did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Marinho signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marinho and Vitória agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Marinho 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 Vitória this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
Fabri attracts admirers
The name of Fabri has come up in conversations Vitória were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Lucas Arcanjo 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.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Vitória dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Nathan 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.
In brief
- The dugout Arthur Fernandes faces the questions
- The dugout Matheuzinho asks for a word with the manager
- Market 49 months and counting on Pedro Henrique