Simão Neto

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Famalicao U20
1 Jun 2031
Sunday
Process

Marked for Simão Neto

165 Edition

The Famalicao Chronicle

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Rodrigo Pinheiro hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Famalicao can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Cruel end for Tondela as Famalicao pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Famalicao scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Match

Famalicao make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Famalicao have 4 straight wins of it.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Tom van de Looi delivers — 7.99

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Tom van de Looi scored, was marked 7.99, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad

Tempers go at Famalicao

Rodrigo Pinheiro 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.

Squad

Words at Famalicao training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Finn van Breemen 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.

Match

Famalicao get the job done against Tondela

A 2‑1 win over Tondela, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

Pedro Bondo 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.

Squad

Famalicao lose Simão Neto

31 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

  • The dugout Paulinho dropped after a run of poor form
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Gil Dias has become a man the manager trusts
Back issues
161 Edition

The Famalicao Chronicle

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Famalicao

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Rodrigo Pinheiro asks to leave Famalicao

“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.

Market

Famalicao turn down AVS for Roméo Beney

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Sankara Karamoko is a medical away from Famalicao

The deal with Wolfsberger AC 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Famalicao

Rodrigo Pinheiro 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.

Match

Diego Gonzalez’s goal not enough for Famalicao

Diego Gonzalez scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Leiria, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Words at Famalicao training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Realpe 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.

Transfer targets

Famalicao rebuffed over Matías Zorzoli

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Oviedo have kept their man, and Famalicao go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Leonardo Realpe

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief