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Uneasy
Market24 May 2027
Cassiano has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad24 May 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad24 May 2027
“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.
Cassiano Cassiano has one foot out of the door
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Uneasy
Market26 Apr 2027
Cassiano has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Sebastián Pérez : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Endika
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Cassiano Cassiano has one foot out of the door
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Uneasy
Market12 Apr 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market12 Apr 2027
Kevin Prieto hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Cassiano out for 158 daysThe medical room confirms 158 days on the sidelines for Cassiano , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market12 Apr 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of André Geraldes
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Patrick Sequeira asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Match6 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Market8 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Carraça signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Carraça commits to Casa Pia for another 2 years.
Match6 Mar 2027
0-1 to Famalicao , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Mar 2027
David Sousa 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Crisis
Match12 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“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.
Match12 Dec 2026
Porto left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Abdu Conté
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.