The Defensores Unidos Herald
Market8 Feb 2027
Tiziano Girard 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 Unidos can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Franco Suárez: 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Defensores Unidos
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Defensores Unidos are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Martín Giménez 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 Unidos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Defensores Unidos
4 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Chacarita Juniors take the points off Defensores Unidos
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Luis Olivera 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Fernando Herrera joins the Defensores Unidos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Herrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Zurdo joins the Defensores Unidos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Zurdo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Leo joins the Defensores Unidos first team
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Player ratings A costly moment from Matías Rapetti