The Defensores Unidos Herald
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Tomás Barbero: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Defensores Unidos have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Defensores Unidos
Luis Olivera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Defensores Unidos
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alan Sombra was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Defensores Unidos count the cost of losing Noah Vidal
19 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Kevin Redondo 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Francisco Salerno has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Defensores Unidos will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
A reunion for Alan Sombra
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Chaco For Ever in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Alan Sosa knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Defensores Unidos, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Tomás Ferreyra story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Tomás Ferreyra signs something — a contract at Defensores Unidos or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Squad Manuel Acutain wants out of the dugout
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Defensores Unidos