The Trakai Courier
Match12 Aug 2026
Trakai through in the cup
A 2‑1 win over Siauliai, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match12 Aug 2026
Andrius Jankauskas wins it after the whistle should have gone
91 minutes played. Andrius Jankauskas found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Siauliai went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Paulius Paulauskas 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 Trakai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Igors Dubra
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igors Dubra, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Andrius Jankauskas in the eights
A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Igors Dubra runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marber Suárez has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Trakai know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Trakai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tadas Barauskas 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
No place for Modestas Simkus in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Modestas Simkus has his answer from Trakai; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Mantas Slavickas
- Market Donatas Simkus placed on the list
- Market Trakai shop where it costs nothing