The Defensores Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
A day Joaquín Ardaiz will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel Otero 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 The request is on a desk at Defensores, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Medina 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Joaquín Ardaiz
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.53, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match8 Aug 2026
Joaquín Ardaiz the difference as Defensores beat Gimnasia y Esgrima
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joaquín Ardaiz. 3‑2 against Gimnasia y Esgrima, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Alejandro Medina
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alejandro Medina, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Juan García joins the Defensores first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan García is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gael Giménez joins the Defensores first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gael Giménez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Defensores promote Raúl Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raúl Herrera 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Patricio Moyano
- The dugout Hernán Sánchez has his say
- The dugout Juan Monteagudo dropped after a run of poor form