The Kauno Zalgiris Sentinel
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Gratas Sirgėdas keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kauno Zalgiris may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
An order from above at Kauno Zalgiris: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Ivan Fiolić signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ivan Fiolić commits to Kauno Zalgiris for another 3 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at Kauno Zalgiris
Franco Baldassarra and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Kauno Zalgiris
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match4 Mar 2028
A bad afternoon for Kauno Zalgiris against Utenis
1‑2 to Utenis, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Paulius Cernych joins the Kauno Zalgiris first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paulius Cernych is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Mar 2028
Kauno Zalgiris promote Darius Eliosius from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Darius Eliosius 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Modestas Simkus steps up from the Kauno Zalgiris academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Modestas Simkus 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 One of our own: Lukas Barauskas joins the Kauno Zalgiris first team
- Squad Miloš Tošeski falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Kauno Zalgiris board go back on their word