The Vitória Gazette
Match17 Apr 2027
5 matches without a win for Vitória
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Vitória are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Marinho 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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Erick
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Vitória
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Vitória beat the market to Emerson Martins from Boa
Boa will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Emerson Martins has pre-agreed a move to Vitória, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Gabriel Vasconcelos 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for Vitória against Criciuma
0‑2 to Criciuma, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market19 Apr 2027
Henrique Martins steps up from the Vitória academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Henrique Martins has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Caio Bezerra joins the Vitória first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Caio Bezerra is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Vitória promote Cafu from within
- Market Renato Fonseca steps up from the Vitória academy
- Squad Willian José signs on for more