Tay Valdas Dambrauskas bëgël ci tunnel bi ci Old Trafford ci Alxamis ngir xeltu Sabah ci groupe bi ci UEFA Champions League, dina tiim yoon bu dëkk wu doon jëfëndikoo ci xëm jëf télévision wu Lithuania ak reewarul £725.

Entraineur bu Lithuania bu ñaari fukki ak juroom benn at looloo wax ci BBC Sport ne dafay gën a soxor a dëgg tew bi. "Loolu feex na ci yëgël sàcc bi ci biir sama xam-xam," mooy waxoon. "Dem ci tunnel wi ngir ñëw ci terrain bi. Ñëwuma Old Trafford yóbël xale yi, waaye leegi dinaa ñëw nekk entraineur."

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Ci 2002, Dambrauskas dafay seddoo ci edisiyon bu Lithuania bu Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? dem ak litas 4,000 — ci kanam ak £725 ci xeetu, li nu a wax ñaari fukki ak juroom wergi dëkk bu baax bu Lithuania.

Jëfëndikoo xaalis bi ngir dem London, tëj ni mbaam bu dëkk: yëgël permis yi ci coaching ak dellu Lithuania ci bés bu ànd ak entraineur ji ci football. Ay nit dëkk tàmbaleel loxo yi la doon xam fa yoon bi dina dem.

"Boppam, ñoo boppam de, dañoo seddoo ci ci anam bi, ci xaalis bi," Dambrauskas waxoon ak riiñ. "Waaye waaw, dëgg la."

Fukki at ak juroom tënn ci Angleterre ci liggéey bu tariñ

Dambrauskas jeex ci London ci Ut 2002, mu nekk ak ñaari fukki ak juroom at, ak visa yu dëkk ngir jàng, ak Angale yu yore. Li diggante doon dëkk fukki at bu tënn ci dëgg-dëgg: coaching ci missiyon yi ci comunoté, bénévolat ak Access to Sports ci Finsbury Park, ak dox yoon gi ci London Tigers, bi mu dem entraineur bi ci équipe bu jëkk ci Spartan South Midlands League, FA Cup, ak FA Vase.

Ci 2004, bindoon ci London Metropolitan University ngir jàng sciences ya sport ak coaching, mu nekk bi mu jàng entraineur wu njëkk bu Lithuania yëgël permis yu Uefa ci London Football Association.

Ngir dund, dafay liggéey ci ay liggéey yu bari ci yoon wën. "Dóon gardener, ouvrier bu ñu ko wax, joxoon jurnale si kanam, ak récurer reeñi ci kafeeter bi," mooy waxoon. "Doon liggéey ñaari, ñetti, des fois ñeenti liggéey."

Yéegal bi mu feex ak ci Manchester United Soccer Schools bi mu toppatoo poste bi bu jëkk ci club bu professionnel ci 2004. Juroom at la liggéey ci cours yi ci coaching ci Royaume-Uni ak Europe, soos nekk ci Fulham ak Brentford — fi directeur ya académie Ose Aibangee doon nekk ci waañ yi bu mujj yi ci mbir mi.

"Angleterre jaaye naa li ci ñëppa ak dina ko bëgg jëm ci yàgg," Dambrauskas waxoon. Ci yëgël bi ak Angleterre mi dafay yëgël: Sabah koo am ci li nekk ak Arsenal ci Champions League ci Janvier, ak dëkk bu London Metropolitan University ci Holloway Road doon naan ci Emirates Stadium.

Trophées fukki ak ñetti ci ñaari fukki ak juroom réew

Dambrauskas dem ci Angleterre ci suka 2010 ngir dem ci Ekranas, champions bu Lithuania, nekk assistant coach, kanam nit bi yëgël ci Zalgiris Vilnius — club wu gën a bare ci Lithuania — fi mu dem champion ñaari fois ci ligue, ñetti Coupe yu Lithuania, ak ñaari Super Cup, ak ndey wi ci treble bi ci 2016.

Ci fukki at ak juroom tënn yi ci kanam, dirigee naan juroom ak ñetti club ci juroom ak ñaari réew: RFS ci Lettonie fi mu yëgël Latvian Cup; Gorica ci Croatie; Ludogorets Razgrad ci Bulgarie mu yokk ñetti championnat ci ligue, Super Cup, ak qualification ci Europa League; Hajduk Split ci Croatie fi club di tampi fukki at ci trophée ak daw Croatian Cup; OFI Crete ci Grèce; Omonia ci Chypre; ak Diosgyori ci Hongrie.

Jeex ci Sabah ci tontu 2025, mu dem ci saison bi bu jëkk, xeltu club bu Azerbaijan ci championnat bu jëkk ci tarixi moom ak double ci Coupe — yóbël total bi ci fukki ak ñetti trophée ci juroom réew.

Champions League ci yoon wu tariñ

Ñëw ci Champions League soxor ci Sabah wees ñaari fukki ak juroom tour yu kwalifikasyon yu suka ci suka — jëf bu bën club wéér ne doon def ci tour bu jëkk bu kwalifikasyon. Ci yoon sillu naan TNS ya Wales, KuPS yu Finlande, Aarhus yu Danemark, ak Hapoel Beer-Sheva ya Israël.

Match wi bu kwalifikasyon wi fajug ci lolum bu xam-xam. Sabah doon ci bànneex ci dem ci kwalifikasyon tay Tellur Mutallimov sori gol ci 94' mu dem ci temps supplémentaire. Ñu dem jàpp 5-2 ci guddi wi ak 6-4 ci total bi.

Sabah yeek ci Masazir — dëkk bu am genn fukki mille ak juroom-ñaari fukki mille nit, ci pees na kilomètre juroom ci noord yu capitale ya Azerbaijan, Baku. Dëk ci 2017 rekk, club bi — ñu ko xam Owls — dina fête anniversaire bi bu juroom-ñetti ci Talaata. Stade bi ya Bank Respublika Arena, wu am mooy pari na 9,000 nit, du bës ak règles ya Uefa; ndax matchs ya ndaw ya Champions League dinañu digg ci Olympic Stadium ci Baku. Adversaires ba ci groupe bi am Borussia Dortmund ak Barcelona ci biir.

"Dëkk soo ci Conference League dëkk soo ci Europa League," Dambrauskas bañ xiif. "Ñëng ci ñaari tour yi suka ci suka ci compétition wentëën te bés bi ñëw ñu nekk fii."