Four years later… Lega returns to the top category!

¡Leganes returns to the First Division! Borja Jimenez’s students managed to return to the elite four years after relegation. This is the second time pepineros have received direct advertising. Another incident occurred back in 2016 in Anduva against Mirandes, when Pablo Insua scored a goal. And this is the first time in their history that they achieved promotion to Butarca and, in addition, became champions of the second division. Consistency has been a hallmark of the Blue and Whites this season and this run has seen them leading from the start of the competition, maintaining the lead for 27 days in a row… for a total of 30!

Thus, the direction on the path to success is determined. new club board from 2022 with Jeff Luhnow as president and with the support of the American Blue Crow Sports Group.. Another key point was the leadership of the Avila coach. Borja Jimenez, who led the blue and white team to an unthinkable goal at the start of the campaign and it emulates the accomplishments of his predecessor in the previous promotion, Asier Garitano. Jimenez has already achieved success in other teams like Rapido de Buzas, Deportivo de la Coruña (where they missed out on promotion) and managed to take Mirandes and Cartagena to the second division, but This one with Leganes is his first big promotion to the top category.. A milestone in this promotion came against the same team he made his first professional appearance against in 1993, Elche. And the same T-shirts with the image of that feat with which the club wanted to honor the then team led by Luis Angel Duque at the beginning of the season.

This joy replenishes cucumber growers that fateful July 19, 2020, when Javier Aguirre’s commendable Leganes fought until the last minute for consistency against Real Madrid in a season marked by misfortune. They had to survive march of En Nesyri and Braithwaite, in the same market, and, in the case of the Dane, with the “clausulazo” of Barça without the possibility of signing a replacement. That season was also very controversial in the judging decisions. With VAR already in effect, Liga were awarded two penalties which were taken outside the penalty area.. And it all ended with the same line in the last match against Real Madrid, where in the last minutes Jovic deflected the ball with his hand into the penalty area after a corner, but the VOR room did not appeal to the referee. And Leganes were just one goal away from salvation, which would have been miraculous.

When you least expect…

The return to Primera will happen in the least expected season, but to the point. His trident consists of Dani Raba, Diego Garcia and Miguel de la Fuente scored. Centrals Jorge Saenz and captain Sergio Gonzalez They showed up to pull the team out. Frankish became Jordi Alba second and Diego Conde in Zamora. This is along with Miramon (the only survivor of the previous event), Neuu, Portillo, Nyom, Cisse, Juan Cruz…and the word “group,” which Borja had used all season, formed a block in all caps. to enjoy again what Serante, Mantovani, Gabriel and company have achieved: Leganes, which again became First Class.