Francisco Morais

Left Midfielder - Alverca
3 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Francisco Morais

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The Alverca Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Mendes

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.

The dugout

Francisco Morais says Alverca went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

A falling-out at Alverca

Zé Rafael and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Dawda Camara at his very best

Marked 8.00. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Alverca.

Match

Alverca rescue it on 89 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 89. Braga had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

The dugout

Eduardo Henrique gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Dawda Camara rescues a point for Alverca

It needed Dawda Camara to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Braga, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout

Miguel Reis on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Miguel Reis after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout

Leonai Souza does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief