The Leones Gazette
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Leones
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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Leones promote Freddy Martinez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Freddy Martinez 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Ivan Borja steps up from the Leones academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Borja 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Richard Ramirez joins the Leones first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Bryan Caicedo
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch25 Jan 2027
Jeycob Zabaleta wants to come home
“I did not go to Deportivo Pereira to sit and watch. I want to come back to Leones and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Leones
Yojhan Sánchez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Pablo Perez was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Leones dressing room was either.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
No investment in the facilities at Leones
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Leones
- Match Point won or two lost for Leones?
- The dugout When it matters, Óscar Segura plays