Out-of-sorts «Halcón» lands in Mendoza: Defensa's poor run lifts Unión

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·4 Mei 2026

Out-of-sorts «Halcón» lands in Mendoza: Defensa's poor run lifts Unión

Marcos Sittmer, journalist for Planeta Defensa, spoke on ADN Gol about the critical situation El Halcón de Varela is going through ahead of the key match in Mendoza against Gimnasia, today starting at 5 p.m. Marcos pointed out that Mariano Soso’s team is going through a difficult moment, not only because of its sporting results, but also due to the administrative and disciplinary wear surrounding the coach. According to Sittmer, the current outlook for the Buenos Aires Province side opens an important door of hope for Unión to finally make it into the playoff round.

Key quotes:

“If you want to give Unión’s fans hope, you have to say that Defensa are in a very tough spot and have four straight defeats.”
“This has happened to Defensa several times: they reach the last matchday with a chance, all the other results go their way, but when they have to win, they don’t.”
“There’s a lot of anger toward Mariano Soso; he was never especially liked at the club, and he’s been sent off three times in the last six or seven matchdays.”
“The team has enormous difficulties not only scoring, but also creating clear goal-scoring chances.”
“For me, Rubén Botta is going to come out of the starting lineup; Soso tried several names and Luciano González could replace him as a natural number nine.”

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