The Vitória Gazette
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
7 academy graduates step up at Vitória
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market16 Apr 2029
Vitória promote Daniel Nardo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Nardo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Dunga joins the Vitória first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dunga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
Vitória promote Daniel Cavalcante from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Cavalcante has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Rodrigo Rangel joins the Vitória first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rodrigo Rangel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Mateusinho 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Gabriel Taliari 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 Vitória this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A promise the Vitória board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Guilherme Inácio stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Guilherme Inácio and Vitória agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Rafael Bilu
- Looking ahead Renato Kayser faces his old club
- The dugout The manager makes Rodrigo a promise