The Mirandés Post
Squad23 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Igor Nikić
There were 10 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Mirandés sign Manu Rodríguez for $2.5M
The paperwork is done: Manu Rodríguez joins from Gijón in a deal worth $2.5M. Now comes the harder part.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nothing got past Martín Pascual
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Mickaël Malsa shuts the door
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Mirandés
Arouna Sanganté 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ignacio Castro is a Mirandés player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ricardo Caballero comes home
The shirt still fits. Ricardo Caballero is back at Mirandés, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Aug 2027
Daniel Jiménez comes home
The shirt still fits. Daniel Jiménez is back at Mirandés, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Jordi Martín
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Match Winsley Boteli the difference as Mirandés beat Cádiz
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Pablo López
- Squad Igor Nikić knocks on the manager’s door