The Defensores Post
Match5 Feb 2028
The wait goes on for Defensores
13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A one-man rearguard from Lautaro Daus
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Agustín Benítez frozen out at Defensores
This is not rotation. Agustín Benítez has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Defensores is pretending otherwise.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Ian Pérez 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Defensores
5 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.
Transfer targets7 Feb 2028
San Lorenzo tell Defensores: Azael D'Alessandro is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Defensores training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Benítez 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.
Match5 Feb 2028
Deportivo Armenio take the points off Defensores
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market7 Feb 2028
Defensores promote Cristian Ojeda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristian Ojeda 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.
In brief
- Market Juan Vega steps up from the Defensores academy
- Market Burrito steps up from the Defensores academy
- Market One of our own: Benicio Cabrera joins the Defensores first team