The Defensores Unidos Herald
Match19 Apr 2028
Defensores Unidos bow out of the cup
Banfield go through and Defensores Unidos go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Martín Giménez scores twice — 8.91
Two goals and a mark of 8.91 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market24 Apr 2028
Alan Sombra puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Defensores Unidos, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Lautaro Disanto 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 Defensores Unidos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Dylan Salvo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom24 Apr 2028
The numbers do not look good at Defensores Unidos
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Words at Defensores Unidos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luis Olivera 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.
Match22 Apr 2028
Martín Giménez the difference as Defensores Unidos beat Morón
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Martín Giménez. 2‑1 against Morón, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Lautaro Montani 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.
In brief
- Squad Martín Giménez finally opens his account
- Player ratings Off the pace: Stefan Herrera
- Player ratings Off the pace: Manuel López