The Vitoria Guimaraes Chronicle
Squad14 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Juan Diego Castillo
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Vitoria Guimaraes
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Vitoria Guimaraes are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Gustavo Silva 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 Vitoria Guimaraes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The step up is real for Guilherme Ribeiro
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Arnel Jakupović 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Fabio Blanco runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Vitoria Guimaraes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miguel Maga 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: Pedro Conceicao on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Match12 Sep 2026
No goals between Vitoria Guimaraes and Sporting CP
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Sporting CP will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Market Gustavo Silva linked with a move away
- Looking ahead Rika faces his old club
- Player ratings Nothing got past Óscar Rivas