The Vitoria Guimaraes Chronicle
Market14 Sep 2026
Samu asks to leave Vitoria Guimaraes
“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 Sep 2026
28 days out for Rodrigo Cunha after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Vitoria Guimaraes will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Gustavo Silva was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market14 Sep 2026
So close: Lucas Furtado’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Oliveirense moved on, Lucas Furtado reports back to Vitoria Guimaraes, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Match12 Sep 2026
Vitoria Guimaraes see off Rio Ave
Three points for Vitoria Guimaraes, 2‑1 the final word against Rio Ave in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Bruno Wilson 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.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Victor Andersson
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Vitoria Guimaraes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lohann Doucet was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Telmo Arcanjo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.21. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Vitoria Guimaraes
- Loan watch Fernando Silva has seen enough of Chaves
- The dugout Felipe Mota has his say