The AVS Gazette
Match26 Dec 2026
Nowhere to hide for AVS
0‑3 against Benfica, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market28 Dec 2026
Nehuén Pérez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AVS can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Raul Steffens keeps AVS in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match26 Dec 2026
4 matches without a win for AVS
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around AVS are no longer polite ones.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at AVS
Aderllan Santos 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.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Raul Steffens
“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
Halfway: AVS sit in position 15
14 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Nobody left the AVS dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
A promise honoured at AVS
Something was said to Tunde and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
In brief
- Loan watch Ivan Mandić wants to come home
- The dugout Fabio Mendes faces the questions
- Market AVS sign Kelvin, one for the future