The Pacos de Ferreira Chronicle
Match1 Apr 2028
26 matches without a win for Pacos de Ferreira
The run now stands at 26, and the questions being asked around Pacos de Ferreira are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
The caretaker keeps it: Interim Coach confirmed
A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.
Market3 Apr 2028
Matías Calegari 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 Pacos de Ferreira can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Vito Mannone keeps Pacos de Ferreira in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match1 Apr 2028
A bad afternoon for Pacos de Ferreira against Rio Ave
1-2 to Rio Ave, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Giorgos Vagiannidis gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Squad Leonardo Santos stays put
- Squad Brad Potts asks for a word with the manager