The Lusitânia Lourosa Gazette
Match12 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Lusitânia Lourosa
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match12 Dec 2026
Nobody wins at Lusitânia Lourosa
10 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Lusitânia Lourosa
Kennedy Rocha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market14 Dec 2026
Sergio Nascimento steps up from the Lusitânia Lourosa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Nascimento 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Gonçalo Braga stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gonçalo Braga and Lusitânia Lourosa agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Alan Pinheiro 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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Tiago Dias shuts the door
Defensive actions: 15, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Lusitânia Lourosa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aly Palacios was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Ruben Almeida: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- The dugout Lusitânia Lourosa pick somebody else ahead of Luís Cetin
- Player ratings Mika runs at them all day
- Match Lusitânia Lourosa and Farense cancel each other out