The O'Higgins Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
O'Higgins run riot against Cobresal
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Walter Bou scores twice — 8.66
Two goals and a mark of 8.66 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Santiago Toloza
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ivan Mena joins the O'Higgins first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Mena 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: Benjamin Vargas joins the O'Higgins first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Vargas 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
Gary Meneses steps up from the O'Higgins academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gary Meneses 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 Francisco Fernandez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francisco Fernandez 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Martín Sarrafiore at his very best
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout David Fernández asks for a word with the manager