Marcelo Eggel

Central Midfielder - Palestino
24 Jan 2027
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10 Edition

The Palestino Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match30 Sep 2026

Palestino march on in the cup

Ñublense are out and Palestino go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Vintage Bryan Carrasco — 8.21

At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.21, and nobody on the pitch better.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Joao Moris keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Palestino may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Palestino

Sebastián Pérez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Palestino

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jonathan Benítez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Sebastián Gallegos signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sebastián Gallegos and Palestino agree another 1 years.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Jose Osorio: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑1, already talking about the next one.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Jonathan Benítez gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jonathan Benítez is on it.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Jason León gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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7 Edition

The Palestino Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Jonathan Benítez, 35, rolls back the years — 8.51

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.51 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Match12 Sep 2026

Whatever happens, Palestino do not lose

9 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Jonathan Benítez 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.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Sebastián Pérez gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match12 Sep 2026

Palestino refuse to lose to Cobresal

A point taken on 90 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.

Squad14 Sep 2026

José Bizama in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Palestino this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad14 Sep 2026

No place for Julián Ascacíbar in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Palestino are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Match12 Sep 2026

Honours even between Palestino and Cobresal

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Sebastián Pérez has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Palestino will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

6 Edition

The Maipú Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Sep 2026

Castellón come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Maipú did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Maipú

Nicolás Heiz 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Julián Vera stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Julián Vera and Maipú agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Luciano Arnijas 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.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Diego Gaitán

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A step back for Juan Pablo Gobetto at Maipú

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

Market7 Sep 2026

Talks stall between Maipú and Juan Pablo De la Reta

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Looking ahead7 Sep 2026

Pablo Latorre goes back to face Tristán Suárez

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Pablo Latorre’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Maipú needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Market7 Sep 2026

The Lisandro Cabrera question follows Maipú around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Lisandro Cabrera’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

4 Edition

The Palestino Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match19 Aug 2026

Martín Araya sends Palestino through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Martín Araya obliged against Cobreloa. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Palestino.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Sebastián Pérez keeps Palestino in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Martín Araya at 20 — 7.87

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Martín Araya did not need any: 7.87, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Palestino

Sebastián Pérez 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

Still nobody has beaten Palestino

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Palestino training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Benítez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Dilan Salgado

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match22 Aug 2026

Palestino refuse to lose to Deportes Limache

A point taken on 89 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Joe Abrigo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joe Abrigo, and the manager let it.

In brief