Mateo Aguiar

Central Midfielder - Defensa y Justicia
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Mateo Aguiar

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The Defensa y Justicia Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The cup run ends for Defensa y Justicia

2‑2 against Arsenal, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Lucas Souto asks to leave Defensa y Justicia

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Marcos Ledesma

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Cristopher Fiermarin decides it from twelve yards

1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Thomas Oliveri

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Éver Banega in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensa y Justicia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Mateo Aguiar

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.90, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Lucas Souto gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Emiliano Cantero

Marked 8.17 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

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The Defensa y Justicia Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Ayrton Portillo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Defensa y Justicia can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Damián Fernández signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Damián Fernández commits to Defensa y Justicia for another 4 years.

Squad

Éver Banega in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensa y Justicia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Aarón Molinas

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Éver Banega

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Defensa y Justicia come up short against Gimnasia y Esgrima

Gimnasia y Esgrima left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Defensa y Justicia dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Player ratings

A costly moment from Mateo Aguiar

One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Defensa y Justicia, and it is a cruel one.

Squad

Damián Fernández knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Damián Fernández trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief