The Estoril Praia Herald
Squad13 Aug 2040
A fracture rules Ralph Martin out for 111 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Estoril Praia will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match11 Aug 2040
The wait goes on for Estoril Praia
8 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.
Squad13 Aug 2040
Denis Comert keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Estoril Praia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Aug 2040
Tempers go at Estoril Praia
Antef Tsoungui 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.
Boardroom13 Aug 2040
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Estoril Praia
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.
Squad13 Aug 2040
Logan White falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market13 Aug 2040
One of our own: Eduardo Araujo joins the Estoril Praia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Araujo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Aug 2040
Estoril Praia promote Duarte Almeida from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Duarte Almeida 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.
Market13 Aug 2040
Estoril Praia promote Fernando Mota from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Mota 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Andre Pinto joins the Estoril Praia first team
- Player ratings Yassine Aïche takes the honours
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Logan White