The Iquique Gazette
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Iquique
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Palacio was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Gonzalo Montecinos joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gonzalo Montecinos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Gonzalo Mall
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gonzalo Mall, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Too much change too quickly at Iquique
14 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Iquique
Anthony Henriquez 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 dugout14 Sep 2026
A door opens for Isaac Díaz
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.
In brief
- Market Leonardo Troncoso placed on the list
- Squad The training reports on Dylan Arias are not good