The Paralimni Chronicle
Match6 Jan 2029
Paralimni end the wait against Ermis
It had gone 17 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Paralimni spell it out for Nikos Laban
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Nikos Laban has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Market8 Jan 2029
Jalil Saadi 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 The request is on a desk at Paralimni, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market8 Jan 2029
Roman Lazăr has said yes to AE Kition
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Paralimni have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market8 Jan 2029
Ermis come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Paralimni did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Thiago Ferraro: 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.” Paralimni have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Axel Guessand 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.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Anorthosis tell Paralimni: Jordy Peffer is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match6 Jan 2029
Yago Santos the difference as Paralimni beat Ermis
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Yago Santos. 1‑0 against Ermis, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Player ratings Yago Santos was unplayable
- Squad A falling-out at Paralimni
- Squad Paralimni count the cost of losing Christos Konstantinou