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Crisis
Squad13 Sep 2027
Nicolás Palma: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Union La Calera have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market13 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Union La Calera, and 2 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
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Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Union La Calera
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Union La Calera can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 63 days on the sidelines for Nicolás Palma, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Match28 Aug 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Union La Calera's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Union La Calera has to find a result from somewhere.
Market9 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Union La Calera can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Agustín Echaide: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Union La Calera have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nelson Espinoza commits to Union La Calera for another 2 years.
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Crisis
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Union La Calera can pretend not to have heard.
Match10 Jul 2027
Huachipato left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Camilo Moya
“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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
Loan watch12 Jul 2027
22 appearances at Santiago Wanderers and the goals keep coming. Union La Calera are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market12 Jul 2027
The minutes were not coming at Union La Calera, so he will look for them at Universidad Catolica. Everybody involved calls it development; for the player it is simply a chance to play.
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Market31 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Union La Calera can pretend not to have heard.
Match29 May 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 May 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Axel Encinas commits to Union La Calera for another 4 years.
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Uneasy
Match10 Apr 2027
The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Union La Calera are no longer polite ones.
Match12 Apr 2027
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 73 days on the sidelines for Matías Campos López, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match10 Apr 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Agustín Echaide
“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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
One booking too many, and Nicolás Palma sits out. Union La Calera lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Jan 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Union La Calera have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.