Kevin Pinto

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29 Dec 2026
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17 Edition

The Benfica B Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match23 Nov 2026

Benfica B sink to position 16

10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Tiago Freitas, 20, steals the show — 8.12

Marked 8.12 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad23 Nov 2026

At 20, Tiago Freitas is already the best thing here

An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Benfica B have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match21 Nov 2026

A bad afternoon for Benfica B against Leiria

1‑2 to Leiria, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The terraces23 Nov 2026

One of their own: Tiago Freitas

He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Leandro Martins 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 Benfica B this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Lucas Ribeiro left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Rafael Luís has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Benfica B will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Kevin Pinto does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief

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14 Edition

The Benfica B Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

A brace, and Tiago Freitas takes the afternoon — 9.15

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Tiago Freitas provided it, and the 9.15 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match31 Oct 2026

Tiago Freitas among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Tiago Freitas on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Benfica B and Académico de Viseu.

Match31 Oct 2026

Benfica B come up short against Académico de Viseu

Académico de Viseu left with the points after a 2‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market2 Nov 2026

Benfica B and Olívio Tomé are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Lucas Ribeiro: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 2‑4, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad2 Nov 2026

João Fonseca named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. João Fonseca is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

When it matters, Daniel Banjaqui plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A day to forget for Rafael Luís

Beaten 4 times, 0 saves, and an afternoon that will go on his record whether it was his fault or the defence’s. It is the quiet unfairness of the position.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Kevin Pinto

“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