The Trakai Courier
Squad8 Mar 2027
Karolis Kuklys damages knee ligaments — 137 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 137 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A one-man rearguard from Edvinas Kazlauskas
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
A brace, and Marius Cernych takes the afternoon — 8.87
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Marius Cernych provided it, and the 8.87 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 Trakai agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Nicolás Maturana 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 Trakai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Trakai
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.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The crowd has taken to Marius Cernych
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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Trakai promote Arvydas Kazlauskas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arvydas Kazlauskas 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
Karolis Kuklys steps up from the Trakai academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Karolis Kuklys 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 Trakai promote Paulius Paulauskas from within
- Market Paulius Barauskas steps up from the Trakai academy
- Player ratings Ignas Lasickas ran the middle of the pitch — 7.50