The Defensores Post
Market1 Mar 2027
Maximiliano Jofre 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 The request is on a desk at Defensores, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Franco Caro says Defensores went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Patricio Moyano 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Defensores
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agustín Benítez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces1 Mar 2027
Defensores supporters have found a favourite in Mateo Natale
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Mateo Natale has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match27 Feb 2027
Enzo González sends Defensores past Mitre
It finished 1‑0, and it was Enzo González’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Defensores.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Raúl Torres
“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.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
Enzo González was the difference for Defensores
Marked 7.93. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Boardroom1 Mar 2027
Wages swallow 98% of the Defensores income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
In brief
- Player ratings Leonardo Landriel runs at them all day
- The dugout A satisfied Mario López
- The dugout Agustín Benítez knocks on the manager’s door