The Sousa Post
Squad2 Aug 2027
A day Carlos Rivas 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.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Vintage Carlos Rivas — 9.55
At 36 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 9.55, and nobody on the pitch better.
Match31 Jul 2027
Sousa make home a hard place to visit
12 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Remo tell Sousa: Jaderson is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Portuga 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 Sousa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Sousa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Rivas is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market2 Aug 2027
Sousa promote Marcos Figueiredo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcos Figueiredo 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Márcio Xavier steps up from the Sousa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Márcio Xavier 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Wesley Lopes joins the Sousa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wesley Lopes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Sousa promote Rodriguinho from within
- Squad Natalício stays put
- Match The run is over for Sousa