The Defensores Post
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Defensores training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Patricio Moyano is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Defensores
Ignacio Gutiérrez 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Agustín Benítez 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Maxi steps up from the Defensores academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maxi 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Ezequiel Aguirre sends Defensores past Central Norte
It finished 1‑0, and it was Ezequiel Aguirre’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Defensores.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Patricio Moyano was the difference for Defensores
Marked 7.67. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
A satisfied Roberto Escobar
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Roberto Escobar could afford to be generous.
Looking ahead14 Sep 2026
Juan de Tomaso faces his old club
San Telmo next, and one man in the Defensores dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
The chances came and went for Francisco Tcherkaski
4 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
In brief
- Market Patricio Moyano linked with a move away
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Luis Jerez Silva
- Squad The shirt belongs to Leonardo Landriel now