Spaniards around the world: Natxo Insa wins his ninth title in Malaysia

The first weekend of October brought us the first title of Antonio Reguero's sports career, who conquered the Suomen Cup (Finnish Cup), with HJK, a club he reached during the last winter market after four outstanding seasons in the RoPS. The Madrid goalkeeper left his clean sheet against Inter Turku by José Riveiro and Álvaro Muñiz. It was also a great weekend for Maikel Nieves' Fredrikstad, who finished the first phase of the Norwegian Third Division with full victories (13 of 13), which places them as one of the great favorites to be promoted to OBOS- link. In Iceland, Nacho Heras was chosen as the best player of the day in the Second Division. The Keflavik left-back completed a great performance in the win against Leiknir F., keeping his team leading.

Less luck was the Panathinaikos of Dani Poyatos, who conceded their first home loss to Aris since 2007. The Athenian team accused the lack of a goal and still do not know what it is to win in the Greek Super League (two defeats and a draw), which, according to the Hellenic press, places the Spanish coach on a tightrope. On the opposite side Cristian López and Javier Matilla, who were starters in a leading Aris with 10 points. Juanfran Moreno's Alanyaspor is also the leader, although in Turkey. With the Spanish side playing the 90 minutes, Alanya's men beat Hatayspor 6-0 to reach the top of the Turkish Super League.

At the top of the Ekstraklasa (Polish First Division) was Jesus Jiménez's Górnik Zabrze until this weekend, who fell 2-0 in the field of Zaglebie and left the leadership in the hands of Rakow of Ivi López. The great Spanish protagonist of the weekend in Poland was, however, Erik Exposito, who scored a double in his first start of the season with Slask Wroclaw. The Wroclaw thus ended a slump of two games without a win and are fourth, three points behind the European positions. Although in the Second Division, Antonio Domínguez also signed a double, who confirmed the sixth consecutive victory for LKS Lodz in Division 1.

Also looking up is FC Voluntari, who beat Astra 2-3 thanks to a double from Canarian Jefté Betancor. The 'Spanish Dinamo Bucharest', meanwhile, fell at the Steaua Bucharest stadium after the referee whistled a non-existent penalty from Isma López. Dinamo, who in the first half was able to equalize a 2-0 against with a penalty goal from Borja Valle, ended up falling 3-2 and is 14th with five points in six games.

In Croatia we attended the debut of Alvaro Martin with Sibenik, who lost (0-2) at home to Osijek. Yes, the Catalan coach Carlos Alós could celebrate a victory, who made his debut on the Paralimni bench defeating AEK Larnaca on the sixth day of the Cypriot First Division.

Johor, undisputed champion

For the seventh season in a row, Johor FC was proclaimed champion of the Malaysian Super League. The 'southern tigers' fulfilled their role as favorites and, after finishing the 10 days of a competition shortened by the coronavirus undefeated, they were able to confirm that they continue to be the best club in Malaysia. Natxo Insa conquered his ninth title since landing in Asia. The physical trainer Jorge Álvarez, the goalkeeper coach Orkatz Martín and the doctors Antonio Manzanera and Antonio Gavilán could also celebrate.

In Japan, Juanma Delgado scored again to give Fukuoka their ninth consecutive victory in the Japanese Second Division. Without Serantes, the wasps defeated Kitakyushu 2-0 and reached direct promotion positions to J1 that they share with Ricardo Rodríguez's Tokushima. In First, the Vissel Kobe of Sergi Samper and Andrés Iniesta achieved their fourth consecutive victory after beating Yokohama Marinos 2-3. Iniesta also scored from the penalty spot.

Ian González rescues Necaxa

After chaining six games without winning, Necaxa won 0-1 in the Atlas field thanks to a solitary goal from the Spanish forward Ian Gonzalez. Those from Aguascalientes achieved their first positive result under the command of Profe Cruz, who also gave ownership to Unai Bilbao. After the victory, Necaxa rose to 16th position in Liga MX. The Nacional de Felix Martinez (physical trainer), who defeated Liverpool 1-3 to occupy the leadership of the First Division of Uruguay. In Canada, Alexander Pozuelo He has already chained four consecutive days scoring in Major League Soccer. On this occasion, the Spaniard helped Toronto beat Philadelphia 2-1, placing the Canadian franchise as a co-leader in the Eastern Conference.

In Africa we attended the opening day of Ligue 1 in DR Congo, where Julio César Gómez's Simba did not go from a draw to zero against Groupe Bazano.