The situation
“I want to show my abilities, have a very good season and stay “, an ambitious Benjamin Lecomte ventured in his presentation as Espanyol ‘s new goalkeeper last week . Because his transfer does not contemplate a purchase option , and because it is not that he has not yet debuted, it is that he has not played a single minute since July 3, 2021. Everything indicates that this Friday in Marbella, either as a starter or in the second half, he will pulverize that 384-day hibernation to participate in Espanyol-Las Palmas, the second friendly of the era Diego Martinez. Brenden Aaronson , an American recently signed by Marc Roca and Mateo Joseph’s Leeds, was the last ‘executioner’ of Lecomte , that July 3, in a friendly against Salzburg played at the Red Bull Arena, when he was still defending the Monaco goal . The next thing was his transfer to Atlético de Madrid , to which the League started – on August 19 – and where he would live completely sheltered in the shadow of Jan Oblak.
The details
Not one minute did he play in the entire League , although he received a yellow card for protesting against Getafe, nor in the Champions League , nor in the Copa del Rey, despite having measured, for example, a Rayo Majadahonda (0-5) of First RFEF. To curl the curl of his ostracism, Lecomte had the bad luck that the match that was going to be played on May 24 at El Toralín was suspended at the last moment , once the official competition was over, to commemorate the anniversary of a Ponferradina that when qualifying for promotion to First Division, he decided to forget about friendlies and parties. Thus, Lecomte presented himself against Las Palmas with the same enthusiasm of a very young goalkeeper as his teammates Joan García and Ángel Fortuño , although he is 31 years old, and with the letter of introduction of the 28 games he did play the previous season with Monaco or the 332 he has had since he debuted in the elite , on August 1, 2010, with Lorient, at the age of 19.