The Feirense Sentinel
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Feirense
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Feirense
Jorge Fernandes was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Benny 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Feirense cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Match2 Jan 2027
Feirense come up short against Penafiel
Penafiel left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Jota 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Talks stall between Feirense and Jota
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad4 Jan 2027
5 new faces, and Feirense are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Market4 Jan 2027
Guilherme Santos is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Feirense has been clear about where Guilherme Santos stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Market The Kirill Klimov story refuses to die
- Market Feirense put Paulinho up for sale
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Benny