The Defensores Unidos Herald
Squad1 Feb 2027
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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Alan Sombra falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Alan Sombra 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.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Bautista Carboni has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Defensores Unidos will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market1 Feb 2027
Talks stall between Defensores Unidos and Diego Espindola
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market1 Feb 2027
The Santiago Patroni talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Defensores Unidos know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Maximiliano Ortigoza 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 Maximiliano Ortigoza trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Eric González has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Defensores Unidos will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Barone keeps his options open
“I will play as long as the body lets me and stop the day it does not.” He is 31, with 0 appearances behind him, and the club has to plan for a decision that is not yet made.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Eric González
- Market Defensores Unidos put Benjamin Gasman up for sale
- Looking ahead An away day at Estudiantes next for Defensores Unidos