The Ventspils Gazette
Squad7 Jun 2032
Filip Jović breaks a bone — 108 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 108 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match5 Jun 2032
A hiding for Ventspils
Beaten 3‑6 by Skonto, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad7 Jun 2032
A one-man rearguard from Rodolfo Cardoso
There were 9 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.
Match7 Jun 2032
Ventspils sink to position 5
10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market7 Jun 2032
Vladimirs Cauna hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ventspils can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Jun 2032
The wait goes on for Ventspils
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad7 Jun 2032
Davis Kamess says Ventspils went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match5 Jun 2032
Ventspils leaking at the back
7 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad7 Jun 2032
Ilja Kutepov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ilja Kutepov and Ventspils agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Match 9 goals as Ventspils and Skonto go for it
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Vladimirs Stolcers
- Boardroom Doors closed at Ventspils