The Naxxar Lions Post
The terraces25 Dec 2028
The mood at Naxxar Lions has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Cedric in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Naxxar Lions this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Sekala Guehi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad25 Dec 2028
David Micallef signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Micallef commits to Naxxar Lions for another 4 years.
Player ratings25 Dec 2028
Vitinho runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Dec 2028
The team sheet said everything about Arseny Lavrentjev
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Arseny Lavrentjev.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Naxxar Lions?
- Market The shop window has Patrick Muscat in it