The Vitória Gazette
Match12 Sep 2026
8 matches without a win for Vitória
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Vitória are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Matheuzinho
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Erick stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Erick and Vitória agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Vitória training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emmanuel Martínez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match12 Sep 2026
Vitória cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Jamerson
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Kike Saverio 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 Vitória this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marinho stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.02 on the card, and the Vitória support went home talking about one name.
Match12 Sep 2026
Point won or two lost for Vitória?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Fortaleza? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
In brief
- Market Riquelme leaves for nothing
- Market Rodrigo Dias leaves for nothing