The Deportivo La Coruña Sentinel
Squad21 Aug 2034
A knee injury of the worst kind for Adama Traoré
130 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportivo La Coruña lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad21 Aug 2034
Tempers go at Deportivo La Coruña
Adama Traoré 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.
Squad21 Aug 2034
Words at Deportivo La Coruña training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mario Soriano is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom21 Aug 2034
Graduation day at Deportivo La Coruña
11 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 2034
Deportivo La Coruña promote Pedro Iglesias from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pedro Iglesias 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 2034
Miguel Sosa steps up from the Deportivo La Coruña academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Sosa 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.
Market21 Aug 2034
One of our own: Tomás Serrano joins the Deportivo La Coruña first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tomás Serrano is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2034
Deportivo La Coruña promote Enzo Montes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Enzo Montes 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.
Match19 Aug 2034
Ulises Delgado the difference as Deportivo La Coruña beat Zaragoza
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ulises Delgado. 1‑0 against Zaragoza, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Squad Deportivo La Coruña count the cost of losing Leo Iglesias
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Ulises Delgado
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Enzo Rey