The Mafra Courier
Match3 Dec 2029
Mafra up to position 2
25 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market3 Dec 2029
Matías Gauna asks to leave Mafra
“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.
The dugout3 Dec 2029
Daniel Lucas: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Mafra have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 Dec 2029
Tempers go at Mafra
Alam Garcete 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.
Match1 Dec 2029
Thiago Azaf’s goal not enough for Mafra
Thiago Azaf scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Oliveirense, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market3 Dec 2029
Cianorte watching Hugo Dutra
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Mafra have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Looking ahead3 Dec 2029
Mafra and Felgueiras meet at the summit
The fixture the rest of the division is looking forward to more than either of the sides in it. Both know a win changes the season and a defeat does not end it, which is what makes it hard to play.
Player ratings3 Dec 2029
Chiheb Labidi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Dec 2029
Words at Mafra training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bull 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.
In brief
- The dugout Ussumane Djaló gets it from the manager
- Squad Pedro Silva slips down the pecking order
- The dugout The view from the dugout