The Union Espanola Gazette
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sebastián Pereira damages knee ligaments — 98 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 98 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Union Espanola's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Union Espanola has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sebastián Pereira 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 Union Espanola this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Union Espanola training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Patricio Rubio 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ignacio Arguello 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
No goals between Union Espanola and O'Higgins
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. O'Higgins will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ariel Uribe
- Player ratings The referee tires of Bruno Jáuregui