The Maritimo Chronicle
Match5 Dec 2026
Nobody wants to play Maritimo right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Maxime Dominguez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Maritimo
Romain Correia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Adrián Butzke
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adrián Butzke, and the manager let it.
Match5 Dec 2026
Raphael Guzzo sends Maritimo past Penafiel
It finished 1‑0, and it was Raphael Guzzo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Maritimo.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Ninety minutes of Raphael Guzzo at his very best
Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Maritimo.
Match7 Dec 2026
The half-term report on Maritimo
Position 1, 39 points, and every result so far reduced to one line. The second half of the season starts with the same squad and a different set of expectations.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Alani stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alani and Maritimo agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Player of the month: Maxime Dominguez
Four weeks in which nobody in the division did his job better. The award goes on a shelf and the player goes back into the side, which is the order Maritimo prefer.
In brief
- Squad Bryan Limbombe named in the team of the month
- The dugout A satisfied Jose Pereira
- The dugout Silas Bjerre dropped after a run of poor form