The Estrela da Amadora Post
Squad5 Oct 2026
Abraham Marcus 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 Estrela da Amadora this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Renan Ribeiro falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match3 Oct 2026
3 matches without a goal for Estrela da Amadora
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Match3 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Estrela da Amadora against Sporting CP
0‑1 to Sporting CP, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Rui Moreira: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Robinho
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robinho, and the manager let it.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Jefferson Encada dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Ianis Stoica asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch5 Oct 2026
5 goals on loan for Sydney van Hooijdonk
8 appearances at Zwolle and the goals keep coming. Estrela da Amadora are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
In brief
- Player ratings Abraham Marcus beats them one at a time
- Squad The room hears from Joan Jordán
- Squad The penny has dropped for Joan Jordán