Matthew Scott

Defensive Midfielder - Rio Ave
18 Nov 2030
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Marked for Matthew Scott

211 Edition

The Rio Ave Post

12 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Aug 2030

Francisco Moura 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 Rio Ave this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market12 Aug 2030

Andre Castro is a Rio Ave player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market12 Aug 2030

Paulo Silva comes home

The shirt still fits. Paulo Silva is back at Rio Ave, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market12 Aug 2030

Sergio Pacheco is a Rio Ave player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market12 Aug 2030

As if he never left: Goncalo Pinto returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Goncalo Pinto is a Rio Ave player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Squad12 Aug 2030

Sidney Lima 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.

In brief

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136 Edition

The Rio Ave Post

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Mar 2029

Cezary Miszta keeps Rio Ave in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match3 Mar 2029

6 matches without a win for Rio Ave

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Rio Ave are no longer polite ones.

Market5 Mar 2029

Francesco Molica 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 Rio Ave can pretend not to have heard.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Ole Pohlmann signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ole Pohlmann and Rio Ave agree another 4 years.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Tempers go at Rio Ave

Francisco Moura 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.

Market5 Mar 2029

Miguel Velosa comes home

The shirt still fits. Miguel Velosa is back at Rio Ave, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Player ratings5 Mar 2029

Rafael Lobato runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad5 Mar 2029

The manager makes an example of Cezary Miszta

“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.

Player ratings5 Mar 2029

A masterclass from Kevin Prieto

Marked 8.64 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief