The Confiança Herald
The terraces17 Apr 2028
Anger at Confiança spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Nathan Zamith says Confiança 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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Rafael Martins 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 Confiança this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Confiança
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Confiança training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. João Nardo 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
Confiança promote Thiago Figueiredo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Thiago Guimarães joins the Confiança first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thiago Guimarães is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
No hiding place for Caio Wesley
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Caio Wesley, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Nobody on the pitch touched Gustavo Blanco
7.42, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Confiança had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Júnior Moura on the draw
- Squad Danilo Borges has had enough of the bench
- Squad Registration rules keep Lucas Ábalo out at Confiança