The Defensores Unidos Herald
Match24 Jun 2034
11 matches without a win for Defensores Unidos
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Defensores Unidos are no longer polite ones.
Squad26 Jun 2034
Franco Grigera stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market26 Jun 2034
Iván Escobar asks to leave Defensores Unidos
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad26 Jun 2034
A row about effort at Defensores Unidos
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luis Olivera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets26 Jun 2034
Racing Club tell Defensores Unidos: Gabriel Rossi 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.
Player ratings26 Jun 2034
Tomás Ferreyra was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets26 Jun 2034
Defensores Unidos try to borrow Chavo
Colegiales have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market26 Jun 2034
No place for Noah Campos in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Noah Campos has his answer from Defensores Unidos; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout26 Jun 2034
Interim Coach on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Interim Coach after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Lucas Martínez
- Match Point won or two lost for Defensores Unidos?
- The dugout Nacho is still being punished for one mistake