The day Leganés made history at the Calderón
Leganés returns to rojiblanco territory this Sunday to face Atlético de Madrid, four years after their last visit. The pepinero team is looking for their first away win in their return to the top flight of Spanish football. And they do it in a stadium where they have never won.
However, Leganés has defeated the colchonero neighbour in one occasion, curiously at the Vicente Calderón, on a day that went down in the club’s history. On February 2, 2002, Leganés, with Carlos Sánchez Aguiar on the bench, defeated Luis Aragonés’ Atlético de Madrid 0-2.
Óscar, after an error by Antonio López, scored the 0-1 in the 62nd minute, and Villa sealed the game in the 74th. In the rojiblanco team were Fernando Torres, Diego Alonso, Correa, Mono Burgos, Hibic, García Calvo, Movilla and Aguilera.
In Leganés, Sivori, Iván Pérez, Carcedo, Lambea and Manolo Rubio, a colchonero youth player and today a goalkeeper coach for Fernando Torres’ reserve team. Óscar, the protagonist of that day, recalls on Leganés’ social media how special it was to win at the Vicente Calderón. For Sunday’s match, Óscar sees it as difficult, although he leaves the door open for a pepinero victory.
