The Defensores Unidos Herald
Squad31 Aug 2026
Francisco Salerno is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Francisco Salerno: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match26 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Defensores Unidos
1‑1 against Rosario Central, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Defensores Unidos
Martín Giménez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Lautaro Disanto
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
Wellington Phoenix are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Defensores Unidos will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Defensores Unidos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alan Sombra is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Player ratings The kick that got away from Alex Baigorria
- Squad Defensores Unidos pick somebody else ahead of Luis Olivera
- Match Defensores Unidos and Agropecuario Argentino take a point apiece
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Lucas Pedraza