The Académico de Viseu Chronicle
Squad12 Dec 2044
A knee injury of the worst kind for João Cardoso
106 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Académico de Viseu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces12 Dec 2044
The mood at Académico de Viseu 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.
Market12 Dec 2044
René Beck asks to leave Académico de Viseu
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad12 Dec 2044
A one-man rearguard from Lucas Pacheco
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Dec 2044
Casper Damsgaard: 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.” Académico de Viseu have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings12 Dec 2044
René Beck runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad12 Dec 2044
Tempers go at Académico de Viseu
João Cardoso 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.
Player ratings12 Dec 2044
Nothing got past Denzel Timber
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Match10 Dec 2044
Académico de Viseu get the job done against Lusitânia Lourosa
A 1‑0 win over Lusitânia Lourosa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Player ratings Thijs van Ingen shuts the door
- Player ratings Nothing got past Thomas Thorsby
- Market Kirill Shubin placed on the list