The Huachipato Chronicle
Market8 Feb 2027
Maicol León hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huachipato can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Ruan Tressoldi 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 Huachipato this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Huachipato training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rafael Caroca 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 dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Joaquín Molina
“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.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Claudio Torres wants to come home
“I did not go to Everton de Viña del Mar to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huachipato and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
José Castro has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Huachipato 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Competition arrives for Cris Martínez
A new face in his position and a shirt he thought he owned suddenly up for discussion. Huachipato have promised nothing, which is what clubs promise at this stage.
Market8 Feb 2027
The window shut and Rafael Caroca is still in the building
Huachipato spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Sebastián Pino has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Huachipato will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
In brief
- Market Huachipato shop where it costs nothing
- The dugout The manager makes Juan Figueroa a promise
- Market Carlos Herrera leaves for nothing