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- - Sport - Football - Swansea City FC Joseph Opoku on target as Swansea City end pre-season with win over Leganes Swansea claimed a well-earned win over Leganes on Saturday afternoon Swansea City rounded off their pre-season campaign with a 1-0 win over Leganes at the Swansea.com Stadium Joseph Opoku gave the Swans the lead with a well-taken strike from around 35 yards towards the end of the first half, and his strike proved enough to seal victory. Zan Vipotnik came off the after missing the three games out in Austria with a knock, but centre-back duo Stephen Welsh and Ben Cabango missed out due to illness. Cameron Congreve was also absent amid news he's closing in on a permanent move to Belgian side Westerlo. Alvaro Tejero had skied over early on for the visitors during a lively opening, while Elijah Just drilled a low effort just wide. Fellow Kiwi Marko Stamenic had the game's first shot on target, forcing a smart save as part of what was turning into a fairly promising outing for the hosts. And they duly took the lead just before the break. Adam Idah seized on a sloppy pass back to goalkeeper Raul Fernandez, who had initially slid in to take the ball away from the Irishman. However, he could only divert the ball to Opoku, who hit it first time and into the net from Opku fired narrowly wide early in he second half as the Swans looked to extend their advantage. A number of changes for both sides stemmed the momentum of the game, with Lawrence Vigouroux, a bystander for much of the afternoon. However, he was called into action late on to keep out Alejandro Milan Iranzo's lob, before Gonzalo Lopez headed narrowly over from a corner deep into stoppage-time. A useful afternoon's work for Vitor Matos and his side, who turn their attention to Birmingham City in the Carabao Cup next weekend. Swansea City: Vigouroux; Key, Burgess (Heywood 75), Lissah (A. Parker 87), Tymon; Stamenic (Inoussa 75), Widell (Walta 46); Opoku (Ronald 63), Just (Fulton 63), Yeo (Eom 46); Idah (Vipotnik 75) Subs: Fisher, Watts, Farman, Woodward Key Events All over. A decent run out for the Swans. Next up, Birmingham City in the Carabao Cup!. Lopez heads narrowly over from a corner. 1-0. Three minutes added on here. 1-0. Walta's freekick comes off the wall and wide. 1-0 Few meaty challenges flying in late on here. Tymon is eventually tripped by Iranzo some 30 yards out. Chance for Walta to have a go here. 1-0. Arthur Parker on for Lissah. 1-0 Key lays it off for the Korean inside the box, but it fails to find a way through the forest of bodies. Leganes break and Iranzo looks to be in. Goes for the lob, but Vigouroux tips it away. 1-0 Does really well to head away the corner at the near post. 1-0. Defending to do now for Swansea. 1-0. Sprayed low cross from the right looks for Inoussa, but the Swede can't bring it under control. 1-0. Should probably have hit it first time, but does well to get a shot away from close range from Walta's cross. Straight at the keeper. 1-0. Inoussa, Vipotnik and Heywood on for Stamenic, Idah and Burgess the ones to make way. Eom cuts in from the left and has a go from distance. Well over. 1-0. Reads the pass into Herrero really well and does just about enough to put him off I think. A tame shot straight at Vigouroux. 1-0 Took a bit of a wallop there. He's back on his feet, thankfully. 1-0. Fulton and Ronald replace Opoku and Just. Pena gets the better of Key and drills across the box from the left. Eom is there to hook clear. 1-0 Think it's Eom in the book now for a pull back. 1-0 The lesser spotted pre-season yellow card card. Ruben Pena the man to receive it. Curls it narrowly wide from just inside the box there. 1-0 Back under way here. Widell replaced by Walta. Eom on for Yeo. End of the first half and Swansea have what feels like a pretty well deserved lead. One added minute here. 0-0 Swansea have the breakthrough! Idah seizes on a poor back pass from Lopez. Keeper slides in and takes the ball away from Idah, but it's only as far as Opoku, who hits it first time from about 35 yards into an empty net. 1-0. Kechta curls in but Swansea deal with the danger. Leganes work it back and it's headed across goal. Think it's Yeo that gets the touch away. Just holds up the ball under pressure from nearly the entire Leganes team and wins a foul. 0-0. Midway inside the Swans half. 0-0. Played short by Tymon to Widell, who arches a ball in towards the far post. Opoku, I think, is trying to head it back across rather than towards goal, but it's gathered by the keeper at the near post. 0-0. He's looked lively, to be fair. 0-0. Decent position too for Swansea as Widell is fouled midway inside the Leganes half. 0-0.