José Mendes

Central Midfielder - Torreense
27 Sep 2028
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The Torreense Post

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match11 Mar 2028

No end in sight to Torreense's wait for a win

13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Torreense has to find a result from somewhere.

Market13 Mar 2028

Luis Quintero asks to leave Torreense

“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.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Brian Agbor says Torreense 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.

Player ratings13 Mar 2028

Up for the corner, and Hugo Pérez delivers — 7.73

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Hugo Pérez scored, was marked 7.73, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Léo Azevedo 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 Torreense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match11 Mar 2028

6 goals as Torreense and Académico de Viseu go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Torreense and Académico de Viseu, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Words at Torreense training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Manu Pozo 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.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Manu Pozo 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.

Player ratings13 Mar 2028

Ninety minutes of Luis Quintero at his very best

Marked 8.67. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Torreense.

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The Torreense Post

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match5 Feb 2028

Torreense taken apart

2‑5 to Chaves, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market7 Feb 2028

Braga come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Torreense did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market7 Feb 2028

Jonathan Mutombo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Torreense, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match5 Feb 2028

7 matches without a win for Torreense

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Torreense are no longer polite ones.

Market7 Feb 2028

Luis Quintero wants more than Torreense are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Tempers go at Torreense

Léo Azevedo 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.

Match5 Feb 2028

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Torreense and Chaves in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Player ratings7 Feb 2028

Nobody could get near Luis Quintero

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad7 Feb 2028

José Mendes gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. José Mendes has just signed for Torreense, and for once the answer mattered.

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