The Spartaks Post
Match8 May 2027
Spartaks leaking at the back
12 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Market10 May 2027
Duarte Furtado asks to leave Spartaks
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match8 May 2027
No end in sight to Spartaks's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Spartaks has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad10 May 2027
Darluis Paz 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 Spartaks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 May 2027
Words at Spartaks training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Krišs Kārkliņš 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.
Match8 May 2027
Spartaks come up short against Liepaja
Liepaja left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Match No time for Liepaja to settle
- Squad Duarte Furtado wants to go home
- Squad Spartaks lose Kaspars Vanins
- Player ratings Darluis Paz runs at them all day