The Nea Salamis Sentinel
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Sergio López, 38, rolls back the years — 7.99
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.99 at 38, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Nea Salamis
Dida 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The decline has begun for Sergio López
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 38 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Nea Salamis is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Nea Salamis
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and José Artiles was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages swallow 352% of the Nea Salamis income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
The terraces28 Dec 2026
One of their own: Pedro Ataíde
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match26 Dec 2026
Sergio López the difference as Nea Salamis beat Doxa
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Sergio López. 2‑0 against Doxa, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Luan Viana
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match28 Dec 2026
Nea Salamis at the halfway mark
Half the programme played, position 4, 27 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.
In brief
- The dugout Valentinos Kastanos has his say
- Squad Sergio López scores his first for Nea Salamis
- The dugout A promise honoured for Andreas Dimitriou