
One of the classics in football is the underdog team can upset the giants or big-name teams. And every league season, this kind of thing happens all the time.
Last season, Leganes, a football club in the south of Madrid, won the second division championship and got promoted to the top flight for the first time in 4 years. In the current season, they are ranked 15th, just 3 points above the relegation zone.
But what made Leganes talk a lot was their unexpected results in their games against Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, with the two teams that they beat being the top teams in the table before the game.
On matchday 17 in December last year, Leganes won 1-0 at Barcelona. Sergio Gonzalez scored the winning goal in the 4th minute, earning the club’s first away win over the Azulgrana in their history.
Last Saturday, Los Pepineros beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home, แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ with Matija Nastasic scoring just 4 minutes into the second half, ending Atletico’s 16-game winning streak in all competitions. Barca had
20 shots while Atletico had 19, but Leganes’s solid defense meant neither team was able to convert a single goal and they were ultimately defeated.
In addition to beating the league leaders, Borja Jiménez’s team also beat Almeria, the league leaders, 3-2 in the Copa del Rey Round of 16 in the middle of last week.
Leganes’ next step in the Copa del Rey is to open the Municipal de Butarque to welcome Real Madrid, which is a good opportunity to have a chance to defeat the White Kings and enter the semi-finals as they did 7 years ago. Leganes
‘ next La Liga program will visit Athletic Bilbao, a team that has not lost in the league for 11 consecutive games and is fighting to finish in the top four, at the San Mames Stadium on Sunday, January 26.
However, although Leganes performs well against the big teams, when facing the opponents in the bottom 5 of the table, which directly affects the fight against relegation, they have not been able to win a single game.
In the past 20 games, Leganes created a surprise by knocking out giants Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, but with the situation where they have to struggle for survival, they have to perform well against other teams as well.