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Marijampolė’s “Sūduva”, which did not win a single title last year, solved many puzzles during the offseason, but in January fans received long-awaited answers and the runners-up began inviting newcomers, seven of whom came and this number will not be limited.
After the unsuccessful end of the season, all the footballers who played at the peak of the attack on the home front left Marijampolė: Mihretas Topčagičius, Josipas Tadičius, Eligijus Jankauskas and Valerijus Šabala. The significant changes after the departure of Renanas Oliveira, Gleb Kluškinas and Domagojus Pušičius are also noticeable in the midfield, in addition, there are not even three central defenders left: Algis Jankauskas, Ivan Hladikas and Linas Klimavičius.
Also of note is Andro Švrljuga, who left the Optibet A League after playing over 200 matches and even becoming the Lithuanian champion on 6 occasions, a truly impressive achievement by the Croatian legionnaire. The outstanding footballer was replaced by the representative of the Lithuanian national team Markas Beneta.
Strategist Saulius Širmelis is no longer on the team. If the Tallinn Flora team was not defeated in the Champions League qualifying competition, the boss. The coach’s section at the Marijampolė club would have been completely unsatisfactory in terms of the result.
Photo Saulius Čirbos / Victoras Basadre
Sūduva began writing a new story sheet by crossing hands with Victor Basadre, a Spaniard who had briefly worked in Žalgiris, Vilnius. This is the second specialist in southern Europe, as the Italian Rino Lavezzini worked in the team in 2004-2005.
Football fans had the opportunity to watch the Sūduvai club control matches with the Kaunas district Hegelmann Litauen club and during them it was obvious that V. Basadre wouldn’t mind the usual lineup of the five defenders of the team from Sūduvai in recent years. The Spanish team said it was time for a substitution.
It is not surprising that after a long hiatus we see players from Spain again in the ranks of “Sūduva”. The team was joined by two defenders, Xabi Auzmendi and Nacho Cases, who spent several seasons at Sporting Club de Chichón and will form a reliable pair in midfield with the rest of Nicolas Gorobsov.
Catalin Tira and Alexander Makasi will play at the top of the attack, and France’s Romain Habran, who has made the best impression in control matches so far, will be on the edge. On the other hand, this footballer had to face two competitors in a couple of duels, but his perseverance and perseverance left a good impression.
Photo Vytautas Kuralavičius / Romainas Habranas
However, the “Sūduva” national security chain will have to be supplemented – together with R. Habrans, the young Saulius Vikert played in this position, once Jevgenas Jefremov was tested there. Semir Kerla’s return became something of a respite for the Marijampol club – the Bosnian played in a control encounter with the Vilnius Knights, however the vice-champions would need another midfielder and attacking defender.
There was also a change in the chain of goalkeepers: Ignas Plūkas, who did not have many chances, was replaced by Greek Makis Giannikoglou, who will compete with long-time goalkeeper Ivan Kardum.
In the control duel, “Sūduva” obtained only one victory and did not spoil the fans with good results, but it should not be noted, because the players of team B played in the matches, and the players who played in the first minutes were just beginning to understand what V. Basadre wanted from them.
The runners-up have yet to make the necessary additions, but the reorganization of the team seems quite smooth. Qualified newcomers arrived at the club, several key soccer players were retained, so according to the potential available, “Sūduva” does not fall out of context in the future fight for gold.
To this day, Marijampolė’s chances of regaining the title seem a bit more modest than Vilnius “Žalgiris” winning again, but drawing the grim “Shady” scenario doesn’t really make sense.
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