Marcel Busch

Striker - Retired
1 Oct 2045
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969 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

20 Feb 2045
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Feb 2045

Raul Alvarez breaks a bone — 70 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 70 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad20 Feb 2045

A one-man rearguard from Rodrigo Parra

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings20 Feb 2045

Age has not caught Amaury Morales yet — 7.92

At 39 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.92 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad20 Feb 2045

Tempers go at Leon

Rodrigo Parra 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.

Squad20 Feb 2045

Diego Reyes falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match18 Feb 2045

Leon and Club America take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

Back issues
967 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

6 Feb 2045
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad6 Feb 2045

Raul Alvarez breaks a bone — 84 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad6 Feb 2045

A one-man rearguard from Rodrigo Parra

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market6 Feb 2045

Cedric Elvedi 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings6 Feb 2045

Nobody could get near Erick Gutierrez

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad6 Feb 2045

Tempers go at Leon

Rodrigo Parra 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.

Market6 Feb 2045

The Santos Laguna deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Marcel Busch reports back to Leon with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad6 Feb 2045

Diego Reyes falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match4 Feb 2045

A bad afternoon for Leon against Chiapas

1‑2 to Chiapas, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom6 Feb 2045

Doors closed at Leon

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

965 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

23 Jan 2045
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad23 Jan 2045

A fracture rules Raul Alvarez out for 103 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Leon will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad23 Jan 2045

Christian Reyes is carrying Leon

26 goals and a season average of 7.52. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market23 Jan 2045

Kevin García 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.

Squad23 Jan 2045

Rodrigo Parra keeps Leon in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad23 Jan 2045

Carlos Lozano 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.

Match21 Jan 2045

Pachuca take the points off Leon

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market23 Jan 2045

Santos Laguna are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Leon will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Market23 Jan 2045

Leon put Alberto González up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Alberto González may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Player ratings23 Jan 2045

Nobody could get near Paul Morris

Successful dribbles: 7. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

934 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

20 Jun 2044
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad20 Jun 2044

A fracture rules Diego Reyes out for 155 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Leon will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad20 Jun 2044

Tempers go at Leon

Rodrigo Parra 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.

Squad20 Jun 2044

Ari Contreras falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad20 Jun 2044

Luka Tsulaia signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luka Tsulaia commits to Leon for another 2 years.

Market20 Jun 2044

The Angel Ramirez conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Veracruz will make the call about Angel Ramirez this week. Leon have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Market20 Jun 2044

Marcel Busch is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Leon has been clear about where Marcel Busch stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

911 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

11 Jan 2044
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match6 Jan 2044

The small margins put Leon out

Out, 4‑5 to Tigres, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market11 Jan 2044

Franco González wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Leon hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Market11 Jan 2044

Raul Salcedo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Leon, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad11 Jan 2044

Tempers go at Leon

Rodrigo Parra 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.

Market11 Jan 2044

Carlos Lozano is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Leon is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match6 Jan 2044

Jorge Alvarez among the goals in a wild afternoon

9 goals in one match, Jorge Alvarez on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Leon and Tigres.

Squad11 Jan 2044

Diego Reyes falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match9 Jan 2044

A bad afternoon for Leon against Tijuana

0‑2 to Tijuana, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom11 Jan 2044

Nobody left the Leon dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

In brief