The Atlantas Herald
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ignas Slavickas keeps Atlantas in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Vikintas Sernas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ignas Slavickas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ignas Slavickas and Atlantas agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Atlantas
Ignas Slavickas 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.
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
A bad afternoon for Atlantas against Siauliai
1‑3 to Siauliai, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Atlantas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ignas Dubickas 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Atlantas promote Deividas Simkus from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Deividas Simkus has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
Andrius Dubickas steps up from the Atlantas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrius Dubickas 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 Atlantas promote Donatas Dubickas from within
- Market Paulius Klimavicius steps up from the Atlantas academy
- Player ratings Darius Lasickas spends the afternoon fouling