Martín Arancibia

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26 Nov 2026
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The Union La Calera Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout

Daniel Gutiérrez says Union La Calera 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Union La Calera

Nicolás Avellaneda 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.

Squad

Words at Union La Calera training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Ferreyra 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 dugout

Matías Campos López gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Valentino Torrente signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Valentino Torrente commits to Union La Calera for another 4 years.

The dugout

When it matters, Nicolás Avellaneda plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

Back issues
8 Edition

The Union La Calera Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Words exchanged at Union La Calera

Nicolás Avellaneda 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 dugout

No hiding place for Mauricio Vargas

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mauricio Vargas, and the manager let it.

Squad

Mauricio Vargas wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Union La Calera will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

The dugout

Nicolás Avellaneda gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nicolás Avellaneda is on it.

The dugout

A door opens for Nicolás Palma

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market

The shop window has Johao Vargas in it

Union La Calera have let the market know Johao Vargas can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief