The Académico de Viseu Chronicle
Squad19 Oct 2026
43 days out for Bruno Branco after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Académico de Viseu will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Juan Soriano
There were 6 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Académico de Viseu do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad19 Oct 2026
André Clovis 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 Académico de Viseu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Denis Guţu is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Mohammed Bouldini in the eights
A performance of 8.68 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of André Clovis at his very best
Marked 8.16. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Académico de Viseu.
Match17 Oct 2026
Mohammed Bouldini rescues a point for Académico de Viseu
It needed Mohammed Bouldini to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Benfica B, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Leonardo Fernandes on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Leonardo Fernandes after the 2‑2 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Gustavo Costa
- The dugout Pedro Barcelos knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The Juan Soriano talk will not go away