The Defensores Unidos Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Lautaro Disanto out for 90 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Defensores Unidos will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Martín Giménez 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 Unidos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Defensores Unidos
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
Luis Olivera 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Juan Ibáñez joins the Defensores Unidos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Ibáñez 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
Defensores Unidos promote Gael Ramos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gael Ramos 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Leonardo Ortiz steps up from the Defensores Unidos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Ortiz 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
Defensores Unidos promote Felipe García from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe García 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 ratings8 Feb 2027
Martín Giménez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Matías Rapetti gets it from the manager
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Defensores Unidos
- Match No goals between Defensores Unidos and Estudiantes