The Alverca Gazette
The dugout13 Jan 2031
Alexandre Carl: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Alverca have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market13 Jan 2031
Davi Gomes puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Alverca, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad13 Jan 2031
Tempers go at Alverca
Zé Rafael 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.
Squad13 Jan 2031
Words at Alverca training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Léo Maná is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match11 Jan 2031
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 95 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Alverca had all but put away. Moreirense will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
The dugout13 Jan 2031
Nabil Touaizi is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Transfer targets13 Jan 2031
A loan move for Cameron Byrne-Hughes is in the works
Alverca have made the call to Manchester United. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Player ratings13 Jan 2031
Nabil Touaizi's mistake decides it
Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Alverca needed to.
Match11 Jan 2031
Samy Merheg rescues a point for Alverca
It needed Samy Merheg to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Moreirense, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- The dugout Interim Coach: “We have to be better”
- The dugout A promise honoured for Junior Mendes
- Player ratings Figueiredo was unplayable