The San Marcos de Arica Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Saracho signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Rodrigo Saracho and San Marcos de Arica agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Andrés Barboza 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 San Marcos de Arica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at San Marcos de Arica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álvaro Cazula 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
San Marcos de Arica come up short against Universidad de Concepcion
Universidad de Concepcion left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market3 Aug 2026
San Marcos de Arica and Camilo Melivilú are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Rodrigo Saracho's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at San Marcos de Arica
13 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Marcelo Valdes answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Looking ahead3 Aug 2026
A test against the best for San Marcos de Arica
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Cobreloa.
In brief
- Player ratings Facundo Velazco was unplayable
- Market Mauricio Godoy is free to find somewhere else
- Looking ahead Nahuel Donadell goes back to face Cobreloa