The Colo-Colo Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Christofer Gonzáles, 33, rolls back the years — 8.03
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.03 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Colo-Colo
Tomás Alarcón 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colo-Colo may not be able to give Erick Wiemberg what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Erick Wiemberg wants continental football; whether Colo-Colo can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Castillo joins the Colo-Colo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Castillo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jose Davila joins the Colo-Colo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jose Davila is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colo-Colo promote Marcelo Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcelo Castillo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Villagra signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jonathan Villagra commits to Colo-Colo for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Colo-Colo are still strangers to each other
14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Lautaro Pastrán 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Jonathan Villagra
- Match Christofer Gonzáles rescues a point for Colo-Colo
- The dugout The view from the dugout