The Tondela Gazette
Match14 Aug 2027
The drought breaks for Tondela
30 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Porto B were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Cícero Alves damages knee ligaments — 26 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 26 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market16 Aug 2027
Brayan Medina 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 The request is on a desk at Tondela, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Makan Aïko beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 31. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
João Lima says Tondela went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Pedro Raul turns down Tondela
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Grêmio keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Tondela
Tomané and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Tondela
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Tondela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Makan Aïko 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Felipe Reis joins the Tondela first team
- Market One of our own: Andre Mota joins the Tondela first team
- Market Samuel Lopes steps up from the Tondela academy