The Iquique Gazette
Match27 May 2028
A hiding for Iquique
Beaten 0‑3 by Everton de Viña del Mar, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market29 May 2028
Marco Bolados 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 Iquique can pretend not to have heard.
Match27 May 2028
The wait goes on for Iquique
6 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.
The dugout29 May 2028
Dylan Arias: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad29 May 2028
Words exchanged at Iquique
Facundo Kalinger 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.
Squad29 May 2028
Words at Iquique training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mateo Straffurini 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.
The dugout29 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Marco Bolados
“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.
Match29 May 2028
Halfway: Iquique sit in position 16
7 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.
Boardroom29 May 2028
Nobody left the Iquique dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
In brief
- Squad Zacarías López gifts one
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Zacarías López's mistake