The Skonto Gazette
Match19 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Skonto
3‑4 against Daugavpils, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match19 Aug 2026
Skonto throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Daugavpils the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Skonto will enjoy reviewing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
3 goals for Igors Tarasovs
The match ball belongs to Igors Tarasovs, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market24 Aug 2026
Vitalijs Savalnieks hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Skonto can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Aug 2026
Skonto turn down Utenis for Vitalijs Oss
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Igors Tarasovs at his very best
Marked 9.22. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Skonto.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Skonto agree a free transfer for Amar Haïdara
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Igors Tarasovs
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Olegs Zjuzins runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Skonto
- Squad Igors Bulvitis falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Roberts Jurkovskis signs on for more