The Capital Herald
Squad5 Oct 2026
Gabriel Do Vale arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Gabriel Do Vale has, at Capital, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Match3 Oct 2026
Boavista take the points off Capital
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A month that belonged to Danilo
The young player of the month award goes to a 19-year-old at Capital who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Gabriel Do Vale signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gabriel Do Vale and Capital agree another 3 years.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Danilo Martins faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Danilo Martins after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The formation has left Fernando Macedo behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Capital will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 89% of everything Capital earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market5 Oct 2026
Still no ink between Capital and Fernando Macedo
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Capital, another week without a signature from Fernando Macedo.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Danilo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Market Gabriel Do Vale joins Capital to strengthen the squad
- Market Fernando Macedo joins Capital to strengthen the squad
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Rodrygo Tavares