The Universidad de Chile Gazette
Squad25 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Charles Aránguiz
65 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Universidad de Chile lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad25 Jan 2027
34 days out for Juan Martín Lucero after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Universidad de Chile will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Marcelo Díaz: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Universidad de Chile have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Universidad de Chile
Israel Poblete 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tobías Reinhart 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 dugout25 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Simón Ramírez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Simón Ramírez, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Nicolás Ramírez plays
- The dugout Javier Altamirano knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Universidad de Chile put Juninho up for sale