The Atlantas Herald
Squad8 Mar 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Modestas Novikovas
83 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Atlantas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match6 Mar 2027
Atlantas strike at the death to beat Siauliai
There were 86 minutes on the clock and Siauliai had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Atlantas did not stop to explain themselves.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
A brace, and Mantas Lasickas takes the afternoon — 8.85
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Mantas Lasickas provided it, and the 8.85 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad8 Mar 2027
David Moreno stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” David Moreno and Atlantas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Roman Gribovskiy 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 Atlantas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Atlantas
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match6 Mar 2027
Mantas Lasickas the difference as Atlantas beat Siauliai
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mantas Lasickas. 3‑2 against Siauliai, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
David Moreno 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Paulius Mikoliunas steps up from the Atlantas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paulius Mikoliunas has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Paulius Simkus steps up from the Atlantas academy
- Market Marius Mikoliunas steps up from the Atlantas academy
- Market One of our own: Tadas Sernas joins the Atlantas first team