The Leganés Chronicle
Squad21 Aug 2028
Alejo Sarco damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Juan Soriano keeps Leganés in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Enric Franquesa goes up and wins it — 7.44
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.44 for the rest of it.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Roberto López 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 Leganés this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Seydouba Cissé out for 34 days
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Seydouba Cissé, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market21 Aug 2028
Leganés may not be able to give Juan Cruz what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Juan Cruz wants continental football; whether Leganés can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Leganés
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market21 Aug 2028
Leganés promote Pedro Sosa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pedro Sosa 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Nicolás Gil joins the Leganés first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolás Gil is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Leo Diez steps up from the Leganés academy
- Match Enric Franquesa the difference as Leganés beat Villarreal
- Boardroom Leganés board go back on their word