The Nacional Post
Match30 Jan 2027
Nacional run riot against Santa Clara
5‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
A brace, and Chuchu Ramírez takes the afternoon — 9.17
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Chuchu Ramírez provided it, and the 9.17 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A day Chiheb Labidi will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Market1 Feb 2027
Zé Vitor 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 Nacional can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Nacional close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Nacional rebuffed over Giacomo Parigi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pescara have kept their man, and Nacional go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Loan watch1 Feb 2027
Jota has seen enough of Tondela
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Nacional, and 3 appearances in 23 say he has earned the hearing.
Market1 Feb 2027
Léo Santos wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Hugo Félix in the eights
A performance of 8.48 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Squad Nacional count the cost of losing David Ferreira
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Chiheb Labidi at his very best
- The dugout Henrique Monteiro has his say