The Académica Gazette
Squad21 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Tiago Rodrigues
81 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Académica lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Daniel Candeias was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 35. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match16 Sep 2026
Académica through in the cup
A 1‑0 win over Amora, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match16 Sep 2026
Gui Monteiro wins it after the whistle should have gone
110 minutes played. Gui Monteiro found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Amora went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Gui Monteiro at 20 — 7.95
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Gui Monteiro did not need any: 7.95, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Académica
Roberto 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
6 unbeaten for Académica
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Académica did not have in the autumn.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Académica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Amadou Coundoul 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.
Transfer targets21 Sep 2026
Académica rebuffed over Diogo Brasido
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Estoril Praia have kept their man, and Académica go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- The terraces Académica supporters have found a favourite in Gui Monteiro
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Bernardo Machado on the draw
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Carlos Alves