Alan Brítez

Central Midfielder - Free Agent
13 Dec 2029
Thursday
Process

Marked for Alan Brítez

108 Edition

The Union La Calera Gazette

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: José Bizama out for 69 days

69 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.

Squad

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.

Squad

A row about effort at Union La Calera

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodrigo Cáseres was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

Union La Calera come up short against Audax Italiano

Audax Italiano left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Alan Brítez beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Alexis Aravena left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jesús Hakanson

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

The plan did not have a place for Franco García

Nobody at Union La Calera is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

The dugout

Camilo Moya asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief