The Portuguesa Herald
Squad7 Dec 2026
Gustavo Sciencia damages knee ligaments — 82 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 82 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market7 Dec 2026
Portuga agrees terms with Penedense
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Portuguesa people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market7 Dec 2026
Portuguesa turn down São Bernardo for Hudson
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Dec 2026
Eduardo Biazus attracts admirers
The name of Eduardo Biazus has come up in conversations Portuguesa were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market7 Dec 2026
Cicinho 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 Portuguesa can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
Pablo Ortiz due for a Portuguesa medical
Everything agreed with Chacarita Juniors, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Hudson 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 Portuguesa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Portuguesa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gustavo Henrique was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Renê Sousa slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Renê Sousa is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
In brief
- The dugout Matheus Cecchini Muller gets it from the manager
- The dugout When it matters, Paulinho Curuá plays
- Boardroom Open for business: Portuguesa enter the window