The Defensores Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Alejandro Medina
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
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
Nobody could get near Leonardo Landriel
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Defensores training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Patricio Moyano 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Miguel Ángel Domínguez steps up from the Defensores academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Ángel Domínguez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Emiliano Luna joins the Defensores first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emiliano Luna 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 Gabriel Di María from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gabriel Di María 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Defensores promote Valentín Romano from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentín Romano 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.
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. 8.32, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Squad Enzo González stays put
- Match Defensores caught on 87 minutes
- Match Joaquín Ardaiz rescues a point for Defensores