The Liepaja Post
Squad8 Mar 2027
Danijel Petković signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Danijel Petković and Liepaja agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Liepaja
Bart Straalman 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 Liepaja
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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Fellipe Vieira Cardoso 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
Liepaja promote Olegs Savalnieks from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Olegs Savalnieks 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
One of our own: Arturs Laizans joins the Liepaja first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arturs Laizans is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Liepaja promote Roberts Rugins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberts Rugins 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
Liepaja promote Davis Tarasovs from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Davis Tarasovs 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Amílcar Silva
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Amílcar Silva, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match Liepaja come up short against Metta/LU
- Squad Mory Cissé out for 16 days
- Boardroom Liepaja turn down the training-ground plan