The Defensa y Justicia Post
Squad8 Feb 2027
Juan Pablo Moreno damages knee ligaments — 53 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 53 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market8 Feb 2027
Defensa y Justicia turn down Racing Santander for Aarón Molinas
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Agustín Hausch keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Defensa y Justicia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Defensa y Justicia
César Pérez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Defensa y Justicia
4 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
A row about effort at Defensa y Justicia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Damián Fernández was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match6 Feb 2027
Defensa y Justicia find a way past Newell's Old Boys
Newell's Old Boys made Defensa y Justicia work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Iván Miranda joins the Defensa y Justicia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Iván Miranda 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
Eduardo Molina steps up from the Defensa y Justicia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduardo Molina 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.
In brief
- Market Facundo Navarro steps up from the Defensa y Justicia academy
- Player ratings A masterclass from Nazareno Funez
- Squad Thiago Rojas signs on for more