The Defensores Post
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Francisco Tcherkaski says Defensores went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market8 Feb 2027
Franco Cavalieri hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Defensores can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Defensores
2 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
Agustín Benítez 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Defensores
Ignacio Gutiérrez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market8 Feb 2027
Defensores promote Leonardo Russo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Russo 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
Defensores promote Rafa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafa 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Defensores see off Chacarita Juniors
Three points for Defensores, 1‑0 the final word against Chacarita Juniors in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Enzo González takes the honours
Marked 7.51 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Defensores had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- The dugout Juan Bianchi: “That is the standard”
- The dugout No hiding place for Joaquín Tonet
- Looking ahead A reunion for Juan Monteagudo