Afonso Leite

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Cultural Leonesa
4 Oct 2027
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The Cultural Leonesa Courier

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Hugo Rincón

Defensive actions: 32. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Market

Antonio Salado 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 Cultural Leonesa can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Samuel Obeng says Cultural Leonesa 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.

Squad

At 21, Víctor Moreno is already the best thing here

An average of 7.22 in a first team he is several years too young for. Cultural Leonesa have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Tanguy Nianzou 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 Cultural Leonesa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Víctor Moreno

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.17, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Cultural Leonesa see off Granada

Three points for Cultural Leonesa, 2‑0 the final word against Granada in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Bicho

Marked 8.40 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Yaya Sanogo

Marked 8.04 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

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The Braga Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Dorgeles

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Braga

Ricardo Horta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Braga get the job done against Benfica

A 2‑1 win over Benfica, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

Jonas Wind in the eights

A performance of 8.92 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

One of those days for Adrian Leon Barišić

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.79, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Roberto Fernández

Marked 8.72 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

The armband comes off Vitor Carvalho

Braga will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Adrian Leon Barišić is off the mark for Braga

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

International call for Sikou Niakaté

Sikou Niakaté joins up with his country. Braga lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief