The Alverca Gazette
Squad23 Nov 2026
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 dugout23 Nov 2026
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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
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 ratings23 Nov 2026
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.
Match21 Nov 2026
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 dugout23 Nov 2026
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.
Match21 Nov 2026
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 dugout23 Nov 2026
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 dugout23 Nov 2026
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
- Market Figueiredo linked with a move away
- Player ratings Figueiredo runs at them all day
- Squad The shirt is Tomás Silva’s