The Atlantas Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Atlantas
0‑1 against Kauno Zalgiris, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Paulius Jankauskas stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jovan Krneta in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atlantas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Darius Barauskas
“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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Edvinas Slavickas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Arvydas Girdvainis 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ignas Eliosius signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ignas Eliosius and Atlantas agree another 3 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Atlantas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Linas Kazlauskas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Andrius Paulauskas does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
In brief
- Market Karolis Paulauskas told to find a new club
- The dugout Paulius Jankauskas gets picked when it counts
- Market The shop window has Aidas Paulauskas in it