The Famalicao Chronicle
Squad1 Nov 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Diego Dorregaray
42 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Famalicao lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match27 Oct 2027
Famalicao march on in the cup
Feirense are out and Famalicao go through, 2‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings1 Nov 2027
Nélson Oliveira scores twice — 8.73
Two goals and a mark of 8.73 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Lazar Carević stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
Gonçalo Paciência: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Famalicao have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Famalicao
Javier Mena was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
Gabriel Cabral has seen enough of Chaves
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Famalicao, and 2 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
The terraces1 Nov 2027
One of their own: Gonzalo Pastor
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Pedro Bondo 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.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Leonardo Campana
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Gonçalo Paciência
- Market Famalicao sign Yunus Ünal, one for the future