Raphael Guzzo

Defensive Midfielder - Maritimo
24 Oct 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Raphael Guzzo

7 Edition

The Maritimo Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Samuel Bamba beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 41. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings

Raphael Guzzo goes up and wins it — 7.63

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.63 for the rest of it.

Squad

A row about effort at Maritimo

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Martín Tejón was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Bryan Limbombe

“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.

Match

Maritimo caught on 93 minutes

The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Lusitânia Lourosa scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.

Match

Honours even between Maritimo and Lusitânia Lourosa

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Nuno Nascimento on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 2‑2, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

Market

The Maxime Dominguez talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Maritimo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Looking ahead

Raphael Guzzo goes back to face Vizela

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Raphael Guzzo’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Maritimo needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Maritimo Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Simo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 48. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market

Arouca come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Maritimo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Pavlo Isenko

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Maritimo have done the hard part with Universitatea Craiova, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Words exchanged at Maritimo

Martín Tejón 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.

Transfer targets

Maritimo rebuffed over Juanda Fuentes

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Penafiel have kept their man, and Maritimo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

A bad afternoon for Maritimo against Oliveirense

1‑2 to Oliveirense, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Maritimo

12 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

Nuno Nascimento faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Nuno Nascimento after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout

Nathan Cachorrão 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.

In brief