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Crisis
Squad8 Nov 2027
There were 12 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match6 Nov 2027
4 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Nov 2027
80 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Oct 2027
110 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match9 Oct 2027
Three points for Casa Pia , 1-0 the final word against Chaves in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad11 Oct 2027
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.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
Cassiano signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cassiano commits to Casa Pia for another 2 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of David Sousa
“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sebastián Pérez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Casa Pia .
Squad9 Aug 2027
Carraça knocks on the manager's door“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Endika placed on the listCasa Pia have made Endika available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market9 Aug 2027
No fee and no drama: Pedro Borges has signed at Casa Pia , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Lawrence Ofori
“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 Jul 2027
Kélian Nsona 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Somebody is after Kélian Nsona ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Kélian Nsona suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Casa Pia have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Market10 May 2027
Terms 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.
Squad10 May 2027
Cassiano out for 129 daysThe medical room confirms 129 days on the sidelines for Cassiano , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 May 2027
Rodrigo Moura : 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.
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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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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
Market1 Feb 2027
Porto come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Casa Pia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Feb 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.
Match30 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
6 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Endika says Casa Pia 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.
Squad1 Feb 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.
Match30 Jan 2027
Benfica left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Crisis
Market25 Jan 2027
Terms 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
5 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
The name of Kaíque Rocha has come up in conversations Casa Pia were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match23 Jan 2027
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Cassiano
“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.
Squad25 Jan 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.