The Arouca Chronicle
Match22 Aug 2026
Lee Hyun-Ju leads the rout of AVS
5‑0, and Lee Hyun-Ju took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Arouca tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Both of them Mateus Mané's — 9.18
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.18, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
$2.1M settles it between the clubs for Antef Tsoungui
Estoril Praia have accepted the money. What Arouca do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Lee Hyun-Ju scores twice — 8.35
Two goals and a mark of 8.35 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Ignacio de Arruabarrena
There were 6 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ferro
Arouca asked and Estoril Praia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Arouca go back to the board over Ivanildo Fernandes
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $278.1K — a club that wants Ivanildo Fernandes enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Arouca make their move for Ivanildo Fernandes
$270.0K on the table at Nacional. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Arouca
Naïs Djouahra and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Lee Hyun-Ju
- Player ratings Alfonso Trezza in the eights
- Squad Wellington Nem falls out with a teammate over standards