The Famalicao Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2032
Romário Cunha stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market23 Aug 2032
Alejandro Chiavetto 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 The request is on a desk at Famalicao, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2032
Fikayo Tomori is a medical away from Famalicao
The deal with Benfica is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Player ratings23 Aug 2032
Age has not caught Gil Dias yet — 7.91
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.91 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad23 Aug 2032
Lucas Soares 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 Famalicao this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Aug 2032
Chuchu Ramírez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings23 Aug 2032
Mathis Jangeal runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout23 Aug 2032
Mathis Jangeal 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 ratings23 Aug 2032
Luis Quintero was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.07. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Match Vitoria Guimaraes snatch it back from Famalicao
- Squad Telmo Alves stays put
- The dugout Oumar Camara gets picked when it counts