Luis Margas

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Marked for Luis Margas

146 Edition

The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle

14 May 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match12 May 2029

The wait goes on for Santiago Wanderers

11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match12 May 2029

The goals have deserted Santiago Wanderers

11 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Santiago Wanderers can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad14 May 2029

Tempers go at Santiago Wanderers

Jorge Peña 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.

Squad14 May 2029

A row about effort at Santiago Wanderers

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

Player ratings14 May 2029

John Valladares runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match12 May 2029

Santiago Wanderers come up short against Cobresal

Cobresal left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout14 May 2029

Alexandre Barré: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Looking ahead14 May 2029

A reunion for Brayan Troncoso

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Universidad de Concepcion in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout14 May 2029

Diego González Torres has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Diego González Torres has written the date down.

In brief

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132 Edition

The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom5 Feb 2029

Pressure builds in the Santiago Wanderers boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Boardroom5 Feb 2029

Santiago Wanderers put Jean Suazo on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Match5 Feb 2029

Every point is an argument now for Santiago Wanderers

Position 14 and 19 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Boardroom5 Feb 2029

The Santiago Wanderers board call everybody in

Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.

Squad5 Feb 2029

A falling-out at Santiago Wanderers

Jorge Peña and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad5 Feb 2029

Cristopher Valenzuela signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Cristopher Valenzuela and Santiago Wanderers agree another 4 years.

Squad5 Feb 2029

Words at Santiago Wanderers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joaquín Silva 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.

Squad5 Feb 2029

Henrique Pires wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Santiago Wanderers know it.

The dugout5 Feb 2029

Rodrigo Delvalle 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

126 Edition

The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle

25 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad25 Dec 2028

The knee: Nicolás Millán out for 49 days

49 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Santiago Wanderers lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market25 Dec 2028

Joaquín Silva hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Santiago Wanderers can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout25 Dec 2028

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Boardroom25 Dec 2028

Santiago Wanderers to lose Luis Cabrera for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Luis Cabrera has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad25 Dec 2028

A falling-out at Santiago Wanderers

Walter Montoya and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad25 Dec 2028

Words at Santiago Wanderers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego González Torres 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.

Transfer targets25 Dec 2028

Door shut on Lucas Braga

Santiago Wanderers asked and OGC Nice said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad25 Dec 2028

Santiago Wanderers count the cost of losing Luis Margas

41 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Transfer targets25 Dec 2028

A loan move for Juan Figueroa is in the works

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

In brief

124 Edition

The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle

11 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad11 Dec 2028

Nicolás Millán damages knee ligaments — 64 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 64 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Boardroom11 Dec 2028

Pressure builds in the Santiago Wanderers boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Match11 Dec 2028

Santiago Wanderers sink to position 14

19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market11 Dec 2028

Maykol Sánchez asks to leave Santiago Wanderers

“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 Dec 2028

Tempers go at Santiago Wanderers

Walter Montoya 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 targets11 Dec 2028

Santiago Wanderers make their move for Alan Brítez

$66.0K on the table at Union La Calera. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets11 Dec 2028

Door shut on Gustavo Ávila

Santiago Wanderers asked and San Marcos de Arica said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Words at Santiago Wanderers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joaquín Silva 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.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Henrique Pires signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Henrique Pires and Santiago Wanderers agree another 3 years.

In brief