The Defensores Post
The terraces29 Jul 2030
Anger at Defensores spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad29 Jul 2030
Iván Suárez breaks a bone — 135 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 135 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match23 Jul 2030
Defensores taken apart
0‑5 to Flandria, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Boardroom29 Jul 2030
Pressure builds in the Defensores boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
The dugout29 Jul 2030
Leonardo Landriel frozen out at Defensores
This is not rotation. Leonardo Landriel has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Defensores is pretending otherwise.
Squad29 Jul 2030
Anthony Núñez 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.
Transfer targets29 Jul 2030
Almirante Brown tell Defensores: Joaquín Borja Velázquez is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match27 Jul 2030
Leonardo Landriel the difference as Defensores beat Los Andes
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Leonardo Landriel. 2‑1 against Los Andes, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout29 Jul 2030
Gonzalo Gamarra gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market Defensores promote Leonardo Cabrera from within
- Market One of our own: Joaquín Ramírez joins the Defensores first team
- Market Defensores promote Nicolás Cabrera from within