The Jelgava Sentinel
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Jelgava
A 3‑0 win over Spartaks, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Olegs Fertovs could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.50
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.50, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Jelgava
Santiago Herrera was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Edvinas Kuklys for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Jelgava will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Jelgava training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gatis Ikaunieks 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Gatis Ikaunieks
At 22 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Aleksandrs Tarasovs
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aleksandrs Tarasovs, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Metta/LU expected to open talks for Edvinas Kuklys
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Jelgava will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Gatis Ikaunieks in the eights
A performance of 8.19 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Aleksandrs Jagodinskis
- Market Talks stall between Jelgava and Ilja Petukhov
- Player ratings Nothing got past Raivis Dubra