The Alverca Gazette
Match28 Oct 2026
Cédric Nuozzi sends Alverca through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Cédric Nuozzi obliged against Pacos de Ferreira. 4‑2 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Alverca.
Match28 Oct 2026
Cédric Nuozzi wins it after the whistle should have gone
110 minutes played. Cédric Nuozzi found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Pacos de Ferreira went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Davy Gui, 20, steals the show — 8.39
Marked 8.39 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad2 Nov 2026
6 saves: Matheus Mendes was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
José Julián Martínez pops up at the right end — 7.59
7.59, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Alverca training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Zé Rafael 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Alverca
Sabit Abdulai and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match31 Oct 2026
Alverca come up short against Moreirense
Moreirense left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The terraces2 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Cédric Nuozzi
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Nabil Touaizi
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Sabit Abdulai
- The dugout Alexandre Martins answers for it