The Leon Sentinel
Squad24 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ismael Díaz
31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Leon lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 9 of the 44 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jordi Cortizo 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 Leon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 Aug 2026
Business is business: Paolo Medina goes
Atlas paid $680.0K and Leon took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Match22 Aug 2026
6 goals as Leon and Pumas UNAM go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Leon and Pumas UNAM, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match22 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Leon against Pumas UNAM
2‑4 to Pumas UNAM, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Juan Pablo Domínguez 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Jordi Cortizo
Marked 8.17 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Iván Rodríguez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Iván Rodríguez, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Emi Rodriguez
- Market Rogelio Funes Mori placed on the list
- Player ratings José David Ramírez never got going