The Atlantas Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
Atlantas bow out of the cup
Kauno Zalgiris go through and Atlantas go home, 1‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market17 Aug 2026
Atlantas turn down Suduva for Aidas Cernych
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A cup embarrassment at Kauno Zalgiris follows Atlantas home
1-4. Going out of a cup is one afternoon; going out like that is a week of phone-ins, and the manager will hear every one of them.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Atlantas go back to the board over Andrius Satkus
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $11.1K — a club that wants Andrius Satkus enough to be asked twice.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atlantas
Lazar Sajčić 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Petar Bosančić
Atlantas asked and Zalgiris said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Aidas Mikoliunas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Vykintas Mikoliunas
“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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Atlantas 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.
In brief
- The dugout Rokas Paulauskas: “No excuses”
- Player ratings Paulius Slavickas gives it away
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Lukas Vaitkunas