The Universidad de Concepcion Chronicle
Match19 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Universidad de Concepcion
0‑1 against Palestino, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Brayan Véjar beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 32. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Universidad de Concepcion
Jorge Broun and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Universidad de Concepcion
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Mater was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match22 Aug 2026
Universidad de Concepcion come up short against Iquique
Iquique left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Luis Rojas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Rojas, and the manager let it.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Marcelo Castillo left the room before anybody could ask which.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luis Bravo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luis Bravo commits to Universidad de Concepcion for another 3 years.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Daniel Barrea knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Universidad de Concepcion, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad The division's best last weekend was a Universidad de Concepcion man
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Rogelio Funes Mori
- Looking ahead Pablo Parra faces his old club