The Penafiel Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Penafiel
Raúl Alcaina 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 targets17 Aug 2026
Penafiel baulk at the price for Jota
Nacional wanted more than $38.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Penafiel rebuffed over Nuno Félix
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Benfica have kept their man, and Penafiel go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Davo 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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jaime Sánchez
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Clau Mendes is a square peg at Penafiel
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Bryan Róchez dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Match15 Aug 2026
Penafiel share the spoils with Torreense
A 1‑1 draw with Torreense leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market17 Aug 2026
Penafiel and Clau Mendes are talking past each other
“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.
In brief
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Luis Tavares on the draw
- Boardroom Penafiel say no to the training-ground money
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Iano Simão