The Utenis Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Justas Satkus
114 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Utenis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match12 Aug 2026
Utenis out of the cup
Zalgiris ended it 1‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Utenis
Jhonarby Salazar 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Tadas Kazlauskas again
The phone has started ringing about Tadas Kazlauskas again, and this time the name on the line is Siauliai. Utenis are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Saulius Klimavicius
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Utenis count the cost of losing Rokas Barauskas
24 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Market Experience through the door at Utenis
- Market Edvinas Paulauskas told to find a new club
- Market Darius Girdvainis placed on the list
- Player ratings Saulius Klimavicius spends the afternoon fouling