FIFA ‘virus’ sidelines Ismael Gharbi and Maty Orozco for Leganés-Castellón

The FIFA ‘virus’ impact will be felt in Segunda this week with two key absences for Leganés vs Castellón on Monday night (20:30). As reported by Sport, Ismael Gharbi and Maty Orozco will watch the match from their national-team camps, despite both starting the season as standout ‘revelations’.

Two breakthroughs missing

Sport highlights Gharbi, 22, who is on loan from Braga at Leganés, having made an impressive start. The outlet points out that on Sunday he scored the late winner against Granada (3-2), his second goal for the Madrid club.

The piece also reviews his background: a product of PSG’s academy who debuted for the first team at 17, and international experience with France and Spain at youth levels, plus participation with Tunisia at the World Cup.

For Orozco, Sport stresses that the Colombian—also on loan (from Brighton)—made an instant mark. The article says he celebrated his senior call-up by scoring his first goal in Spain, and that he quickly went from substitute to starter.

More absences next

The international window will also affect the next league game at SkyFi Castalia, when Castellón host AD Ceuta FC on Sunday, October 4. Sport says the home side will still miss Orozco, Rodrigo Rego and Amir Saipi, while Ceuta will be without winger Edgar Sevikyan, called up by Armenia.

Sport adds the broader context: Castellón are on five wins from their first six matches, and, according to historian Guillermo Viciano as cited by the outlet, that exact start has previously ended in promotion—most recently to Segunda in 2023-24 and to Primera in 1971-72.