Fallou Fall

Defensive Midfielder - Famalicao
6 Nov 2029
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Marked for Fallou Fall

165 Edition

The Famalicao Chronicle

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market24 Sep 2029

Lucas Melgarejo is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Famalicao is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Gustavo Sá 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 Famalicao this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

Nobody could get near Roméo Beney

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match22 Sep 2029

Leonardo Realpe the difference as Famalicao beat Pacos de Ferreira

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Leonardo Realpe. 2‑1 against Pacos de Ferreira, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

Leonardo Realpe in the eights

A performance of 8.86 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

Lisandro Cabrera in the eights

A performance of 8.67 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

A masterclass from Gustavo Sá

Marked 8.63 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Gil Dias 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.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Leonardo Realpe is carrying Famalicao

8 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

In brief

Back issues
152 Edition

The Famalicao Chronicle

25 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market25 Jun 2029

Sébastien Cibois asks to leave Famalicao

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market25 Jun 2029

Lucas Melgarejo has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Famalicao they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad25 Jun 2029

Tempers go at Famalicao

Gustavo Sá 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.

Squad25 Jun 2029

Rudi Almeida stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rudi Almeida and Famalicao agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad25 Jun 2029

No hiding place for Fallou Fall

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fallou Fall, and the manager let it.

Market25 Jun 2029

Lazar Carević linked with a move away

The name of Lazar Carević keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Famalicao say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

137 Edition

The Famalicao Chronicle

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Mar 2029

Defences have started doubling up on Gustavo Sá

24 goals and a season average of 8.03 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Match10 Mar 2029

Mathias De Amorim leads the rout of Vizela

3‑0, and Mathias De Amorim took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Famalicao tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Player ratings12 Mar 2029

Nothing got past Lamine Bèye

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 28 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Andrea Michieletto says Famalicao went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Tempers go at Famalicao

Gustavo Sá 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.

Player ratings12 Mar 2029

Nothing got past Marcos Peña

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings12 Mar 2029

One of those days for Gustavo Sá

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.68, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings12 Mar 2029

A masterclass from Mathias De Amorim

Marked 9.66 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Fallou Fall signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fallou Fall commits to Famalicao for another 4 years.

In brief

91 Edition

The Famalicao Chronicle

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Apr 2028

Gustavo Sá 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 Famalicao this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Apr 2028

The manager makes an example of Riccieli

“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.

Squad24 Apr 2028

Tom van de Looi knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Tom van de Looi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

87 Edition

The Famalicao Chronicle

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad27 Mar 2028

A one-man rearguard from Lazar Carević

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.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Gustavo Sá 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 Famalicao this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Ibrahima Ba is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.38 with 13 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match25 Mar 2028

Famalicao come up short against Rio Ave

Rio Ave left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad27 Mar 2028

No hiding place for Rodrigo Pinheiro

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Pinheiro, and the manager let it.

Player ratings27 Mar 2028

One of those days for Fallou Fall

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.73, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings27 Mar 2028

A costly moment from Leonardo Realpe

One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Famalicao, and it is a cruel one.

Player ratings27 Mar 2028

The one thing Sorriso could not do

Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Player ratings27 Mar 2028

A day to forget for Umar Abubakar

Marked 5.27, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief