The Leones Gazette
Match12 Aug 2026
Leones bow out of the cup
Atletico Bucaramanga go through and Leones go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Leones
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jonathan Marulanda was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Leones
Germán Meneses and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Fabian Restrepo answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Nicolas Restrepo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolas Restrepo, and the manager let it.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No place in the plan for Nicolás Gil
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Óscar Segura was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 12. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Johan Muñoz finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Leones have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Johan Muñoz changes it off the bench
He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Leones had a different afternoon.
In brief
- Market Leones put David García up for sale
- Squad Miguel Ángel Arboleda speaks, and the room listens
- The dugout Jonathan Marulanda given the day off