Abdon Turrubiates

Goalkeeper - Leon
6 Aug 2028
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105 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market31 Jul 2028

Leon turn down Pumas UNAM for Nicolás Vallejo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match29 Jul 2028

Leon make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Leon have 3 straight wins of it.

Market31 Jul 2028

Leon may not be able to give Santiago Colombatto what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Santiago Colombatto wants continental football; whether Leon can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Transfer targets31 Jul 2028

Door shut on Roberto de la Rosa

Leon asked and Monterrey said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The terraces31 Jul 2028

The crowd has taken to Júnior Tavares

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match29 Jul 2028

Júnior Tavares sends Leon past Santos Laguna

It finished 2‑0, and it was Júnior Tavares’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Leon.

Player ratings31 Jul 2028

Ismael Díaz was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.12. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Nestor Guardado stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Nestor Guardado and Leon agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout31 Jul 2028

Eduardo Alvarez has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Eduardo Alvarez on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief

Back issues
104 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

24 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market24 Jul 2028

Emi Rodriguez says no to Chiapas

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Emi Rodriguez had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

The dugout24 Jul 2028

Abdon Turrubiates says Leon 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.

Market24 Jul 2028

Leon say no — this time

The offer from Cruz Azul for Jordan García was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Boardroom24 Jul 2028

5 academy graduates step up at Leon

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Market24 Jul 2028

One of our own: Diego Gallardo joins the Leon first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Gallardo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market24 Jul 2028

Leon promote Nestor Guardado from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nestor Guardado 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.

Match22 Jul 2028

Leon see off Veracruz

Three points for Leon, 1‑0 the final word against Veracruz in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings24 Jul 2028

One of those days for Ismael Díaz

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.07, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

The dugout24 Jul 2028

No hiding place for Santiago Colombatto

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Santiago Colombatto, and the manager let it.

In brief

  • Boardroom A promise the Leon board did not keep
  • Squad A row about effort at Leon
  • The dugout Nicolás Vallejo is still paying for one afternoon at Leon