The Vitória Gazette
Squad4 Jan 2027
Messias damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Renato Kayser scores twice — 8.22
Two goals and a mark of 8.22 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A one-man rearguard from Lucas Arcanjo
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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Pablo 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 The request is on a desk at Vitória, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Vitória
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Vitória
Emmanuel Martínez 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Cruzeiro take the points off Vitória
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market4 Jan 2027
Edu attracts admirers
The name of Edu has come up in conversations Vitória were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Cacá
“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
- Player ratings Matheuzinho runs at them all day
- Market Vitória and Fintelman are talking past each other
- Market Martim Watts placed on the list