The Defensor Sporting Courier
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Defensor Sporting
Lucas Agazzi 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Defensor Sporting
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Belgrano tell Defensor Sporting: Juan Velázquez is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market15 Feb 2027
Defensor Sporting promote Felipe Hernandez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe Hernandez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market15 Feb 2027
Ignacio Suarez steps up from the Defensor Sporting academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignacio Suarez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Feb 2027
Defensor Sporting promote Facundo Cardozo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Facundo Cardozo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Juan Pereira joins the Defensor Sporting first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Pereira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Axel Frugone 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.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
The game went through Guillermo Varela — 7.61
Marked 7.61 on 10 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
In brief
- Match Defensor Sporting rescue it on 90 minutes
- The dugout No hiding place for Fabián Franco
- Loan watch Lautaro Navarro counts the days