The Union La Calera Gazette
Market5 Oct 2026
Michael Maturana asks to leave Union La Calera
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Nicolás Avellaneda 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 La Calera this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Martín Arancibia is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Union La Calera training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Pablo Salomoni 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
14 new faces, and Union La Calera are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Market5 Oct 2026
Diego Martínez is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Union La Calera has been clear about where Diego Martínez stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Francisco Pozzo plays
- The dugout Nicolás Palma has been promised minutes
- Market Joaquín Alvear placed on the list
- The dugout Christopher Díaz keeps his manager's vote