The Universidad Catolica Herald
Match15 May 2027
A 2-goal lead gone for Universidad Catolica
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Colo-Colo kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Universidad Catolica will be asked about the last half hour all week.
The dugout17 May 2027
Darío Melo says Universidad Catolica 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.
Squad17 May 2027
Tempers go at Universidad Catolica
Fernando Zampedri 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.
Player ratings17 May 2027
A goal and an assist for Matías Palavecino — 7.89
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.89 beside his name.
Squad17 May 2027
Words at Universidad Catolica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Branco Ampuero 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.
Match15 May 2027
The run at home goes on for Universidad Catolica
9 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Player ratings17 May 2027
One of those days for Clemente Montes
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.28, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Justo Giani in the eights
A performance of 8.14 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match15 May 2027
Justo Giani rescues a point for Universidad Catolica
It needed Justo Giani to find the net to bring anything home at all: 3‑3 against Colo-Colo, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- Player ratings An own goal to forget for Sebastián Arancibia
- The dugout Felipe Faúndez gets it from the manager
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Nikola Vasilj