The AVS Gazette
Match6 Mar 2027
AVS taken apart
0‑5 to Famalicao, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad8 Mar 2027
8 saves: Raul Steffens was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Heinz Mörschel signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Heinz Mörschel and AVS agree another 4 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at AVS
Rodrigo Ramos 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A row about effort at AVS
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and João Teixeira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Josué Sá
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Josué Sá, and the manager let it.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Nobody left the AVS dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Nobody could get near Andre Green
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Rui Pinto: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑5, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Player ratings João Teixeira gives it away
- Market AVS and Emanuel Moreira are talking past each other
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Elisson