The Água Santa Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Marzagão damages knee ligaments — 147 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 147 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Felipinho runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Netinho signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Netinho commits to Água Santa for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Netinho 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 Água Santa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Railson will join Água Santa for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Railson has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Água Santa have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Match1 Aug 2026
Boavista take the points off Água Santa
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market3 Aug 2026
Água Santa and Netinho 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Água Santa are still strangers to each other
15 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Felipe Rocha faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Felipe Rocha after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Alisson's contract
- The dugout Michel Bennech knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Jota does not fit this one