The Skonto Gazette
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Alvis Ikaunieks
Successful dribbles: 47. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match19 Aug 2026
Olegs Dubra sends Skonto through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Olegs Dubra obliged against Daugavpils. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Skonto.
Match19 Aug 2026
Olegs Dubra wins it after the whistle should have gone
125 minutes played. Olegs Dubra found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Daugavpils went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Olegs Dubra scores twice — 7.94
Two goals and a mark of 7.94 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market24 Aug 2026
Igors Cauna puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Skonto, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luka Tasić 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 Skonto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 Aug 2026
Eduards Bulvitis attracts admirers
The name of Eduards Bulvitis has come up in conversations Skonto were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Janis Savalnieks
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Janis Savalnieks, and the manager let it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Manuel Granados
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. Skonto will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Squad 8 new faces, and Skonto are still learning each other
- Market Gatis Kamess told to find a new club
- Player ratings Janis Vanins changes it off the bench