The O'Higgins Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
David Fernández signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Fernández commits to O'Higgins for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at O'Higgins
Omar Carabalí 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Santiago Toloza falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match8 Aug 2026
Santiago Toloza sends O'Higgins past Cobresal
It finished 2‑0, and it was Santiago Toloza’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to O'Higgins.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mauricio Aravena steps up from the O'Higgins academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mauricio Aravena has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
O'Higgins promote Juan Riquelme from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Riquelme 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
O'Higgins promote Juan Diaz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Diaz 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Valdes joins the O'Higgins first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Valdes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Walter Bou
Marked 8.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Player ratings Luis Pavez Muñoz in the eights
- Squad Nicolás Garrido makes it 100
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Felipe Ogaz