The Atlantas Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
Atlantas out of the cup
Kauno Zalgiris ended it 1‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Vykintas Kazlauskas could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.13
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.13, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Aidas Eliosius runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Atlantas say no — this time
The offer from Nomme Kalju for Rokas Novikovas was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atlantas
Arvydas Kazlauskas 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Daniil Chernyshev
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Atlantas will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market17 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Atlantas and Daniil Chernyshev
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Atlantas, another week without a signature from Daniil Chernyshev.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marius Girdvainis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marius Girdvainis and Atlantas agree another 3 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Saulius Valskis
“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.
In brief
- Market Fiodor Novikovas is free to find somewhere else
- Market Atlantas put Edgaras Jankauskas up for sale