The O'Higgins Sentinel
Squad24 Aug 2026
Esteban Calderón breaks a bone — 84 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Bastián Yáñez
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at O'Higgins
Martín Sarrafiore was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match22 Aug 2026
Francisco González the difference as O'Higgins beat Union Espanola
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Francisco González. 1‑0 against Union Espanola, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Alan Robledo 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Arnaldo Castillo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Arnaldo Castillo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Francisco González takes the honours
- Player ratings Martín Sarrafiore ran the game
- Player ratings The referee tires of Benjamín Schamine