Joaquín Soria

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101 Edition

The Cobreloa Post

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market3 Jul 2028

Felipe Alvarado asks to leave Cobreloa

“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.

Boardroom3 Jul 2028

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Cobreloa

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad3 Jul 2028

17 days out for Rodrigo Meneses after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Cobreloa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Player ratings3 Jul 2028

Joaquín Soria pops up at the right end — 7.11

7.11, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Tempers go at Cobreloa

Diego García was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Tomás Aránguiz falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets3 Jul 2028

Defensa y Justicia tell Cobreloa: Augusto Lotti is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match1 Jul 2028

A bad afternoon for Cobreloa against Universidad de Chile

1‑2 to Universidad de Chile, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad3 Jul 2028

A step back for Matías Batule at Cobreloa

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

In brief

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77 Edition

The Cobreloa Post

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Jan 2028

Fabián Ramos puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cobreloa, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets17 Jan 2028

Diego Mondino is a medical away from Cobreloa

The deal with Gimnasia y Esgrima is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad17 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Cobreloa

Diego García was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets17 Jan 2028

Door shut on Cristóbal Guerra

Cobreloa asked and Colo-Colo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets17 Jan 2028

A loan move for Thiago Yossen is in the works

Cobreloa have made the call to Madryn. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout17 Jan 2028

Marcelo Jorquera has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Cobreloa will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market17 Jan 2028

The Hugo Araya story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Hugo Araya signs something — a contract at Cobreloa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market17 Jan 2028

Cobreloa put Tomás Aránguiz up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Tomás Aránguiz may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Market17 Jan 2028

Still no signature from Bryan Ogaz

7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Cobreloa could get for him.

In brief

73 Edition

The Talleres Herald

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market20 Dec 2027

Augusto Schott says no to Sportivo Italiano

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Augusto Schott had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market20 Dec 2027

Gaetano Motta asks to leave Talleres

“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.

The dugout20 Dec 2027

Gaetano Motta says Talleres 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.

Market20 Dec 2027

Juan Manuel Crespo is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Talleres is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom20 Dec 2027

Joaquín Soria has agreed to leave Talleres for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Market20 Dec 2027

Business is business: Román Agüero goes

Atlético Tucumán paid $330.0K and Talleres took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad20 Dec 2027

Words exchanged at Talleres

Mateo Cáceres 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.

Transfer targets20 Dec 2027

Talleres rebuffed over Gustavo Santana

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sport Recife have kept their man, and Talleres go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Loan watch20 Dec 2027

14 clean sheets on loan for Felipe Pontoni

29 appearances at Tacuary and the goals have stopped going in. Talleres lent out a goalkeeper and are watching somebody else’s season get better every week.

In brief