Unión’s unfinished business in the Torneo Clausura | OneFootball

The defeat against Talleres brought an end to the good run Unión had managed to build, but it also once again raised some questions that Leonardo Madelón himself made sure to bring up after the match. The coach spoke bluntly about the makeup of the squad and the key players who left, although there is also a strictly football-related issue that still has no solution: the difficulty of finishing matches without conceding goals.

The statistic is clear: Unión conceded at least one goal in every match it has played in this Clausura. It is a pattern that continues week after week and forces the team to make an extra effort to get results. Because when a team cannot keep a clean sheet, it needs to score in order to win, and when it does manage to go ahead, it still does not have the peace of mind of knowing that a narrow lead might be enough to take all three points.

To find the last time Unión finished a match with a clean sheet, you have to go back to April 3, 2026, in the 2-0 win over Deportivo Riestra at the 15 de Abril. Since then, that image of a goal untouched by the opposition has grown more and more distant. This is not just an isolated statistic. The lack of clean sheets ends up shaping the course of matches and forces Unión to always play with the need to score, even when it has good spells or manages to take the lead.

Madelón has already referred to the defensive difficulties and knows it is one of the areas the team must improve. The problem is that the diagnosis has been made, but the solution still has not appeared. The departure of key players is also part of the analysis the coach is making.

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