The Maritimo Chronicle
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
Nobody could get near Samuel Bamba
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match3 Apr 2028
The season ends: position 7 for Maritimo
The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 49 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
A brace, and Naïs Djouahra takes the afternoon — 8.25
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Naïs Djouahra provided it, and the 8.25 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout3 Apr 2028
Noah Madsen keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Maritimo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market3 Apr 2028
Edson Júnior is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Maritimo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at Maritimo
Alexander Bah 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.
Market3 Apr 2028
Simo is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Maritimo has been clear about where Simo stands, which is more than many ever get.
Match1 Apr 2028
Maritimo get the job done against Penafiel
A 2‑0 win over Penafiel, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad3 Apr 2028
A row about effort at Maritimo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Adrian Bajrami was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Daniel Sepúlveda wants to go home
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Mo Dauda gets it from the manager