The Defensa y Justicia Post
Match6 Feb 2027
7 unbeaten for Defensa y Justicia
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Defensa y Justicia did not have in the autumn.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Defensa y Justicia
Éver Banega 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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Defensa y Justicia
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Lucas Souto 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 ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Aarón Molinas
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market8 Feb 2027
Sergio Ponce steps up from the Defensa y Justicia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Ponce 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Bruno Peralta steps up from the Defensa y Justicia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bruno Peralta 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Alejandro Romano joins the Defensa y Justicia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Romano is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Bautista Ferrari joins the Defensa y Justicia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bautista Ferrari is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Defensa y Justicia get the job done against Independiente
- Loan watch David Fernández counts the days
- Squad No hiding place for Mateo Aguiar