The Union La Calera Gazette
Squad15 Mar 2027
The knee: Carlos Aranguiz out for 24 days
24 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Union La Calera lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Nelson Espinoza breaks a bone — 130 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 130 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match13 Mar 2027
6 matches without a win for Union La Calera
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Union La Calera are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Union La Calera
Juan Pablo Salomoni 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Real improvement from Cristóbal López at Union La Calera
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Cristóbal López is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
The terraces15 Mar 2027
One of their own: Francisco Pozzo
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Nicolás Avellaneda
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Avellaneda, and the manager let it.
Match13 Mar 2027
Union La Calera caught on 86 minutes
The board was up, the win was priced in, and then San Marcos de Arica scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
The afternoon belonged to Francisco Pozzo
A mark of 7.85, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- Match Yerko Leiva rescues a point for Union La Calera
- The dugout A promise honoured for Nicolás Palma
- The dugout Erick Maripan: “We have to be better”