Jay-Jay Okocha - "So good they named him twice!!"

My second month in the league and things are going tight, after the Gil Vicente match, Olha is tied for 6th place along with Academica and Porto, while 2 points is the only difference between 2nd and 6th. Such is Liga Zon Sagres....

Our success however has yet to attract crowds, it's a bit depressing playing in a nearly empty Algarve stadium. Also, were having a very worrying injury crisis, as evidenced by the picture below:


Roumegous's torn hamstring will be a hard hit to us, while not the best at tackling, his pace and ability to read the game was crucial, even when he does heal, the injury made him much slower and less athletic.

However, let's get back on track

Great updates so far mate.

This story is looking very promising!

A very good month for us, we advanced in both the Taca de Portugal and Portugese League Cup, and steamrolled both Rio Ave and Arouca.


That's all for now! If you want to inqure the tactic, yes I definitely can. Please beware that you'll never dominate possession, nor expect to play easy.

Good mounth ! Nice results !
Good luck

It was a good month for us, although we went down to earth with a 0-6 steamrolling from Porto followed three 1-0 victories rather than the 6-0 and 4-0 results beforehand. . Ricardo has kept 540 consecutive minutes not conceding a goal(Vid Belec was in goal vs Porto), which is great and shows how good the team is defensively against similar and slightly better opposition.

It's a toss up between the tall CB duo of Kroldrup and Ricardo Fereira, one compliments the other very well and there is no clear victor here. The aerial dominance of the duo play a crucial part in our defense, preventing attacks before they start becoming dangerous.

A tough loss to Porto but a great month otherwise mate

Overall, a good month!

We did not end the year 2013 in the best of styles, two fairly convincing wins were overshadowed by a a loss and a three goal collapse where player errors played key. Maritimo though, is still 3 points away from us and 4th-5th place is still Europa League, which should be good enough.

@k1rups: Tough loss yes, once again I endured another tough loss.
@AAN: Good month? Of course!

rtp.pt(English editorial)

Despite their 3rd place spot in the Liga Zon Sagres, above the likes of Sporting and Braga, Olhanense have yet to reap the benefits of their achievements, as the small club from Olhao are finding things difficult financially and have lost €1.5 million in just one half of a season. Insider sources have reported that the club has returned some paid loan players back to their respective clubs due to their high wages with Agon Mehmeti(€75k/month) labelled the most likely to leave. Olhanense are finding it difficult to fill their 30,000 capacity Estadio do Algarve, the average attendance being 4,000 fans despite ticket prices being very low. Cynics and pundits alike are speculating the possible departure of Jay-Jay Okocha from his managerial post at the end of the season especially if the club ends up not qualifying for Europe with bankruptcy not far away. Okocha has reportedly shown intrest in selling Jander for €600k, but at this time, only recently promoted Sport Recife are interested in him but have yet to make a decision whether to bid or not.

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Just to let all of you know what's up in the winter transfer window, a quick update before the main January 2014 update. Players were signed, and many left, too, mainly due to the fact that the team is struggling financially and the team had many overpaid players on paid loans, so a compromise was to be had.

Players in:


Bought in as a free transfer midway through the first half of the season after a string of injury problems, he will replace the outgoing Pele and his low wage should do good. The ex Groningen player was once worth 3.8 million as a young man, but has been released and will play in matches where extra defensive security is needed.


I signed this Benfica reject with a mind of developing him, he got sent immediately to Orangina struggler Sp. Covilha, where he has managed to gain a starting spot already. My assistant suggested him to me, and it didn't take much for me to be convinced that this player might turn out to be a good player for me.


Got this AS Saint-Etienne reject on a free after scouting him and placing him on trial, he is 20 and I'm retraining him to become a good right winger and try to use his ability to dictate tempo from the wing, where his pace and dribbling may come into good use.


This player replaces Jeremie Roumegous, who after his knee injury, declined sharply and no longer the good player that performed really well in the 4 games he had pre-injury. The one thing for sure is that he is better than Vitor Bastos and should slot in as a 3rd choice CB.


Players out:

Agon Mehmeti(On loan from Palermo):

Didn't suit my tactics and his 75k monthly wage meant that he became a player that had to be returned back to his team.

Pele(On loan from AC Milan):

Made redundant by Femi Alijore who is on much lower wages than him, plays a similar role and is better at the role than him. The fact that he went straight to a Serie C club after this means that he simply isn't quality enough for my team.

Federico Dionisi(On loan from Livorno)

Recalled by his own team, never impressed during his stay.

Other than your finances you are looking very good. Ajilore does a good job I have used him before.

Nice to see a Portuguese League story. You're flying

Overall it's been a good month for us, aside from the slip against Atletico CP, where Celestino contrived to kick the ball into his own net that made it 2-2, despite Mirko Bigazzi scoring straight from kickoff after only 23 seconds. A park the bus win against Benfica and a late 2 goal comeback against Estoril and Nacional de Madeira summed up our month

Nacional de Madeira 2-3 Olhanense (TdP)

Mateus (6)
Diego (30, 77)
Urretaviscaya (51)
Diego (8.8)
Per Kroldrup (28)

We had a poor start to the game by conceding an early Mateus header, which was further exacerbated by a miscommunication between Kroldrup and Vid Belec, allowing Nacional de Madeira left winger Daniel Candelas's cross to go all the way into the net. A quick goal shortly after gave the team some hope. Daniel Bessa crossed in to Diego, who somehow managed to dribble it past Nacional Madeira's 19 year old keeper Rui Silva, whose inexperience showed throughout. The decision to swap Urreta and Joao Ribeiro to opposite wings turned out to be a really astute decision, as Urreta went on to score the equaliser from an excellent pass by Diego. The game was decided with a Paulo Regula breakaway cross that found the head of Diego, who headed it past the Nacional keeper to make it 3-2.

Olhanense 1-2 Braga

Paulo Vinicius (15)
Paulo Regula (30)
Luiz Alberto (pen 37)
Jean-Christophe Coubronne (37)
Luiz Carlos (90+1)
Paulo Vinicius (8.1)

Things didn't start well, as Braga CB Paulo Vinicius headed in a fairly lucky header from some range to open up the scoring. Paulo Regula got on the end of a Coubronne cross to even the scoring. The match though, was decided after ex-Olha player Salvador Agra was no match for Coubronne, and drew a penalty which Luiz Alberto executed with ease. This summed up the key battle of the match, the main battle came through our right/Braga left, as Coubronne and Salvador Agra were two of the more influential players in this match.

Atletico CP 2-2 Olhanense (PLC)

Mirko Bigazzi (1)
Anderson Costa (11)
Urreta (28)
Celestino (29)
Anderson Costa (8.3)
Marco Bicho (33)
Celestino (45+1)
Arthur Henrique (46)



We could have won this match but it was not to be, a disappointing result that caused quite a stir among Olha and Portugese fans alike. Mirko Bigazzi started brilliantly, scoring after only 23 seconds. Anderson Silva, though, was no match for the now departed Roumegous, as he skinned past the Frenchman on his way to a spectacular shot from range to even up the scoring.
Everyone would think that Urreta's equaliser off a set piece play after 28 minutes would seal the win, but Celestino contrived to head the ball into his own net, therefore cancelling the win altogether, as the rest of the game turned into a fruitless scrappy battle in midfield.

Olhanense 1-0 Benfica

Ricardo (18 pen)
Ezequiel Garay
Enzo Perez (67)
Nemanja Matic (87)
Ricardo (7.8)

A textbook example of a smash and grab park the bus strategy. We got the(fairly lucky) goal then sat deep for the rest of the game, getting only 34% ball possession but got the win after Garay clumsily took down Diego in the area following some good hold-up play by Diego. Ricardo was calm in taking his penalty, which proved the difference. The decision to tuck in the RB in and play 3 centre backs was an astute one, as the narrow Benfica attack struggled to deal with our incredibly narrow defence.

Olhanense 2-1 Estoril (PLC)

Seba (67)
Paulo Regula (75, 78)
Paulo Regula (8.5)
Goncalo (30)

I had to applaud my subs, Paulo Regula changed the game with two late goals after being subbed in, with sub Daniel Bessa playing a part in both goals. Seba's dribbling was no match for Willian, who was skinned en route to Seba's opener. But the team persevered, and got the win, which resulted in us getting a much needed €100,000.



Has developed really well on the training ground and has shown in his performances that have outshined Rui Duarte, getting several goals, assists and key passes in the process.