The AVS Gazette
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Andreas Schjelderup was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 38. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market5 Apr 2027
Tunde hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AVS can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Apr 2027
The season ends: position 11 for AVS
The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 40 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at AVS
Diego Duarte 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.
Match3 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for AVS against Benfica
0‑2 to Benfica, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words at AVS training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andre Green 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Júlio Amorim signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Júlio Amorim commits to AVS for another 3 years.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Raniel
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Raniel, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Fabio Tavares out for 21 days
The medical room confirms 21 days on the sidelines for Fabio Tavares, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout AVS keep their word to Daniel Rivas
- Market Talks stall between AVS and Quaresma