The Union Espanola Gazette
Match23 Jun 2029
8 matches without a win for Union Espanola
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Union Espanola are no longer polite ones.
Market25 Jun 2029
Tiziano Delias 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 Union Espanola can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Pablo Aránguiz 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 Union Espanola this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market25 Jun 2029
Ezio Braghetto is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Union Espanola is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Danovis Banguero gets it from the manager
“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.
Match23 Jun 2029
Universidad Catolica take the points off Union Espanola
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings25 Jun 2029
Ariel Uribe runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Andrés Vilches knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Union Espanola, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings25 Jun 2029
Off the pace: Mauricio Godoy
A mark of 5.58 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the pace: Thiago Amitrano
- Player ratings A day to forget for Diego Robles
- Squad Gabriel Norambuena has company in his position