The Defensa y Justicia Post
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Tiziano Perrotta: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Defensa y Justicia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Defensa y Justicia
Éver Banega and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Defensa y Justicia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aarón Molinas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Ayrton Portillo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ayrton Portillo, and the manager let it.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
David Barbona 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 David Barbona trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market23 Nov 2026
The Aarón Molinas story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Aarón Molinas signs something — a contract at Defensa y Justicia or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Éver Banega a promise
- Squad “I want to play”: Thomas Blázquez speaks
- Squad A wage question at Defensa y Justicia
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Gastón Togni at Platense