The O'Higgins Sentinel
Squad21 Sep 2026
Alan Robledo 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 O'Higgins this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Luis Cabrera
“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 dugout21 Sep 2026
Luis Pavez Muñoz has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at O'Higgins 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.
Market21 Sep 2026
The Thiago Vecino story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Thiago Vecino signs something — a contract at O'Higgins or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Walter Bou 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 Walter Bou has written the date down.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Arnaldo Castillo wants to know why he earns less
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and O'Higgins have no good answer.
In brief
- The dugout Óscar Salinas asks for a word with the manager
- Market Gabriel Pinto placed on the list
- Squad Ignacio Schor finally belongs at O'Higgins
- Squad Questions about Joaquín Escobar on the training pitch