The Iquique Gazette
Squad26 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Leandro Silva out for 44 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Iquique will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Fee done, terms next for Christian Bravo
Iquique and Huachipato have settled on $160.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market26 Jul 2027
Alonso López hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Iquique can pretend not to have heard.
Market26 Jul 2027
Simón Contreras has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Iquique they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Jonathan Salvador says Iquique went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Iquique — 7.52
1 for Joaquín Pereyra, marked 7.52, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Iquique close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Match24 Jul 2027
The wait goes on for Iquique
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Zacarías López 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 Iquique this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Squad Words at Iquique training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets Palestino tell Iquique: Julián Fernández is not for sale
- Match Huachipato take the points off Iquique