Vitinho

Striker - Montana
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Marked for Vitinho

60 Edition

The Montana Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match18 Sep 2027

The wait goes on for Montana

12 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market20 Sep 2027

Vajebah Sakor puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Montana, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match18 Sep 2027

The goals have deserted Montana

8 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Montana can tell you which week it ends in.

Market20 Sep 2027

Afonso Busatori has one foot out of the door

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

Boardroom20 Sep 2027

Afonso Busatori signs for Arda while still at Montana

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Afonso Busatori has agreed terms with Arda for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad20 Sep 2027

David Carmona stays put

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

Squad20 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Montana

Vajebah Sakor 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.

Squad20 Sep 2027

David Carmona 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.

Match18 Sep 2027

Montana come up short against Arda

Arda left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The Montana Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market1 Mar 2027

Rui Areias hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Montana can pretend not to have heard.

Squad1 Mar 2027

A falling-out at Montana

Vajebah Sakor and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Gonçalo Barros 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.

Market1 Mar 2027

Talks stall between Montana and Daniel Ivanov

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Vasil Simeonov 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.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Márcio Rosa 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.

In brief

8 Edition

The Montana Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Sep 2026

No end in sight to Montana's wait for a win

9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Montana has to find a result from somewhere.

Match19 Sep 2026

Montana cannot find the net

8 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Montana

Tiago Rodrigues and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Tiago Rodrigues

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

Match19 Sep 2026

A bad afternoon for Montana against Arda

0‑1 to Arda, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Montana

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Giorgos Pontikos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Stanimir Popov faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Stanimir Popov after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Looking ahead21 Sep 2026

Vitinho goes back to face Septemvri

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Vitinho’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Montana needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No place in the plan for Rui Areias

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief