The Vitória Gazette
Market12 Oct 2026
Only the photograph left for Andrei
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Andrei will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Vitória the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match10 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Vitória do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Vitória
Emmanuel Martínez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Vitória
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Zé Marcos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Erick was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Walace
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
The afternoon belonged to Matheuzinho
A mark of 7.26, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Vinícius Viana chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Match10 Oct 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 Juventude? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.