The Huachipato Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Odriozola stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market10 Aug 2026
As if he never left: Simón Ramírez returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Simón Ramírez is a Huachipato player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Huachipato
Sergio Núñez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pablo Aranguiz steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Aranguiz 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
Gary Diaz steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gary Diaz 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
Huachipato promote Alexis Riquelme from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexis 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Maximiliano Rodríguez
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Huachipato are still strangers to each other
8 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Simón Ramírez
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- Match Huachipato share the spoils with Palestino
- The dugout Gonzalo Valdes: “We have to be better”
- Squad A row about effort at Huachipato