The football fans of Lleida have not found peace for years. But this summer they may regain hope. For years, football in the capital of Segrià has been marked by the economic and institutional problems of the heir team of the lifelong Lleida, the club that reached the First Division on two occasions, the last one in the 90s. Since then, debts, lawsuits, disappointments, and economic failures. The last one this summer, as the team that played in Tercera RFEF could not find a buyer willing to pay the debts it carried and had to close shop. A chaotic end, as a foreign buyer appeared who turned out to be a scammer. A chaotic end, as a foreign buyer appeared who turned out to be a scammer. "Everything has happened to us," says journalist Juanjo Lecumberri.

With more than 450,000 inhabitants, Lleida will not have any football team playing in the top four categories of football next season. Smaller towns enjoy professional football and Lleida does not. Atlètic Lleida, the recently created club that has not yet managed to win over fans, will hardly avoid relegation to Tercera RFEF. With four games left, they are eight points from the relegation zone. And Lleida CF, the team that defends the long football tradition of the former Unió Esportiva Lleida, is precisely last in Tercera RFEF. Surely, they will also go down. In a city where basketball thrives, football suffers. But in the stands of the Tercera RFEF grounds, in the darkest moment, many fans have discovered many things. They have found beauty, despite the pain.