The Portimonense Courier
Player ratings4 Nov 2030
Ricardo Mangas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match30 Oct 2030
Portimonense bow out of the cup
Sporting CP go through and Portimonense go home, 1‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market4 Nov 2030
Gil Martins puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Portimonense, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match4 Nov 2030
Portimonense are in real trouble now
Position 17, 11 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad4 Nov 2030
A one-man rearguard from Wellington
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings4 Nov 2030
A debut to forget for Sergio Ribeiro — 5.77
Every first appearance is one of two stories, and this was the harder one: 5.77, and a long walk to the tunnel. The second appearance is the one that decides what the first one meant.
Market4 Nov 2030
Splinter de Mooij is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Portimonense is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad4 Nov 2030
Tempers go at Portimonense
Ricardo Mangas 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.
Boardroom4 Nov 2030
The numbers do not look good at Portimonense
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
In brief
- Squad Words at Portimonense training over how hard people work
- Match A bad afternoon for Portimonense against Oliveirense
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Mohamed Ali Diadié