The Defensores Post
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Juan de Tomaso keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Defensores may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Defensores
Ian 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
1 academy players handed senior numbers at Defensores
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Defensores
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leonardo Landriel was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market8 Feb 2027
Defensores promote Raúl Flores from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raúl Flores 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 come up short against Chacarita Juniors
Chacarita Juniors left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Juan Martín Luna: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Joaquín Tonet
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joaquín Tonet, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Enzo González
- Boardroom Defensores say no to the training-ground money
- Looking ahead A reunion for Juan Monteagudo