The Moreirense Sentinel
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Kiko Bondoso
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
Jimi Gower 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 The request is on a desk at Moreirense, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Gilberto Batista moves on
AVS pay $1.3M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kiko Bondoso 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 Moreirense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Yan Maranhão
A mark of 7.70, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Maxwell
“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
- Match Moreirense share the spoils with Rio Ave
- Squad Yan Maranhão is off the mark for Moreirense
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Michael Dacosta González
- Market The Afonso Assis story refuses to die