Michael Johnson

Defensive Midfielder - Anorthosis
15 Apr 2036
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The Anorthosis Chronicle

1 Oct 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad1 Oct 2035

A fracture rules Andreas Chrysostomou out for 81 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Anorthosis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match26 Sep 2035

Samuel Peréa sends Anorthosis through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Samuel Peréa obliged against Agia Napa. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Anorthosis.

Player ratings1 Oct 2035

Samuel Peréa scores twice — 8.46

Two goals and a mark of 8.46 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market1 Oct 2035

Frank Angong 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 The request is on a desk at Anorthosis, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout1 Oct 2035

Luke Murphy keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Anorthosis may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Boardroom1 Oct 2035

Still nobody in the Anorthosis dugout

38 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.

Market1 Oct 2035

Aleks Chakarov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Anorthosis is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad1 Oct 2035

A falling-out at Anorthosis

Théo Hernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad1 Oct 2035

Filip Vasiljević 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.

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The Anorthosis Chronicle

26 Feb 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Feb 2035

89 days out for Richmond Gyamfi after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Anorthosis will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Boardroom26 Feb 2035

The scrutiny sharpens at Anorthosis

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Anorthosis is running low.

Squad26 Feb 2035

Tempers go at Anorthosis

Théo Hernández 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.

Squad26 Feb 2035

Milán Papp gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Milán Papp has just signed for Anorthosis, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad26 Feb 2035

A row about effort at Anorthosis

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andreas Chrysostomou was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout26 Feb 2035

No hiding place for Andreas Chrysostomou

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andreas Chrysostomou, and the manager let it.

Match24 Feb 2035

Anorthosis come up short against Olympiakos Nicosia

Olympiakos Nicosia left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout26 Feb 2035

Interim Coach: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout26 Feb 2035

A promise honoured for Mpho Khethang

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Anorthosis told Mpho Khethang something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

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