The Defensa y Justicia Post
Market12 Oct 2026
Lucas Souto is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Defensa y Justicia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom12 Oct 2026
Defensa y Justicia to lose Fernando Román for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Fernando Román has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Juan Manuel Gutiérrez 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Facundo Noguera
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Defensa y Justicia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Quintana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Santiago Sosa Yung gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Santiago Sosa Yung is on it.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
6 goals on loan for Nazareno Funez
9 appearances at San Martín SJ and the goals keep coming. Defensa y Justicia are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Aarón Molinas wants to know why he earns less
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Defensa y Justicia have no good answer.
In brief
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Juan Miritello’s exile
- The dugout Santiago Sosa Yung knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Darío Cáceres has been promised minutes