The Universidad de Chile Gazette
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Juan Martín Lucero, 34, rolls back the years — 7.90
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.90 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Ignacio Sáez at Universidad de Chile
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ignacio Sáez is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market14 Sep 2026
Gabriel Castellón told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Gabriel Castellón has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Universidad de Chile.
Market14 Sep 2026
Gary Mena steps up from the Universidad de Chile academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gary Mena 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Universidad de Chile promote Erick Bravo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Erick Bravo 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Daniel Osorio joins the Universidad de Chile first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Osorio is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match12 Sep 2026
Universidad de Chile see off O'Higgins
Three points for Universidad de Chile, 1‑0 the final word against O'Higgins in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Israel Poblete 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Universidad de Chile are still strangers to each other
10 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.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Universidad de Chile
- The dugout Benjamin Osorio: “That is the standard”
- The dugout Universidad de Chile keep their word to Israel Poblete