The Penafiel Post
Match15 Aug 2026
Juanda Fuentes settles it late for Penafiel
The 88th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Juanda Fuentes decided nobody was going anywhere. Torreense had no time left to answer.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Davo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Penafiel
Joan Femenías 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Penafiel
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Raúl Alcaina 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Penafiel supporters have found a favourite in Juanda Fuentes
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Juanda Fuentes has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gustavo Oliveira joins the Penafiel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gustavo Oliveira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Penafiel promote Leonardo Borges from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Borges 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Penafiel promote Jorge Araujo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge Araujo 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.
In brief
- Market Francisco Carvalho steps up from the Penafiel academy
- Match Juanda Fuentes sends Penafiel past Torreense
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Juanda Fuentes