The Trakai Courier
Market31 May 2027
Aidas Paulauskas 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 The request is on a desk at Trakai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 May 2027
Words at Trakai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dražen Dubačkić 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.
Match29 May 2027
Trakai come up short against Utenis
Utenis left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 May 2027
A falling-out at Trakai
Andrius Paulauskas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout31 May 2027
Paulius Dapkus answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Market31 May 2027
Trakai sign Mathis Gaudin, one for the future
Mathis Gaudin is 20, and Trakai have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad31 May 2027
Mathis Gaudin signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mathis Gaudin and Trakai agree another 3 years.
The dugout31 May 2027
No hiding place for Aidas Paulauskas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aidas Paulauskas, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 May 2027
Modestas Dapkus runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Alfoussen Dramé speaks
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Alfoussen Dramé
- The dugout Szymon Pankiewicz asks for a word with the manager