The Atromitos Herald
Match28 Aug 2038
The wait goes on for Atromitos
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings30 Aug 2038
Dudu, 36, rolls back the years — 8.55
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.55 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match28 Aug 2038
Atromitos are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 7 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Player ratings30 Aug 2038
Javier García pops up at the right end — 7.96
7.96, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad30 Aug 2038
Joel Berghuis is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad30 Aug 2038
João Gonçalves 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 Atromitos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Aug 2038
Graduation day at Atromitos
11 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match28 Aug 2038
Levadiakos take the points off Atromitos
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad30 Aug 2038
Words at Atromitos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mert Çelik 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.
In brief
- Squad João Gonçalves gets it from the manager
- Market Anastasios Georgiadis steps up from the Atromitos academy
- Market Leonidas Samaris steps up from the Atromitos academy