The Universidad de Chile Gazette
Squad23 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Charles Aránguiz
19 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ignacio Sáez is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Universidad de Chile
Nicolás Ramírez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Tobías Reinhart 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 Chile, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Universidad de Chile training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Vargas 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 dugout23 Nov 2026
No hiding place for José Matías Fernández
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to José Matías Fernández, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Nicolás Fernandez
- Loan watch Renato Huerta's loan at Cobresal nearly up