The Defensores Unidos Herald
Squad11 Feb 2036
Tomás Ferreyra damages knee ligaments — 111 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 111 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad11 Feb 2036
A falling-out at Defensores Unidos
Luis Olivera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match9 Feb 2036
Chacarita Juniors take the points off Defensores Unidos
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout11 Feb 2036
No hiding place for Mauro Rodas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mauro Rodas, and the manager let it.
Market11 Feb 2036
Still no ink between Defensores Unidos and Alan Maimo
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Defensores Unidos, another week without a signature from Alan Maimo.
The dugout11 Feb 2036
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Interim Coach to a room that had heard them before.
Squad11 Feb 2036
Valentín Rojas 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.
Boardroom11 Feb 2036
Nobody arrives at Defensores Unidos until somebody leaves
The club is not barred from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every name linked with Defensores Unidos this window arrives with a name leaving in the same sentence.
Looking ahead11 Feb 2036
A test against the best for Defensores Unidos
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Sportivo Italiano.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon ran through Lucas Castro
- Market The Luis Olivera story refuses to die
- Squad Iván Correa, 18, gets his chance