Benjamin Osorio

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101 Edition

The Universidad Catolica Herald

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Universidad Catolica turn down Santiago Wanderers for Sebastián Arancibia

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Bernardo Cerezo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Universidad Catolica can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Justo Giani runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Universidad Catolica

Justo Giani 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bruno Larregui

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

A bad afternoon for Universidad Catolica against Universidad de Chile

0‑1 to Universidad de Chile, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

Cobresal watching Joaquín Jorquera

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Universidad Catolica have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Boardroom

$2.0M on the table at Universidad Catolica

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

Squad

Benjamin Osorio signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Benjamin Osorio commits to Universidad Catolica for another 3 years.

In brief

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81 Edition

The Universidad Catolica Herald

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Nobody wins at Universidad Catolica

11 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad

Tempers go at Universidad Catolica

Justo Giani 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.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Universidad Catolica

8 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad

Guillermo Soto 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.

Match

Justo Giani the difference as Universidad Catolica beat Cobresal

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Justo Giani. 2‑0 against Cobresal, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matías Palavecino

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Universidad Catolica promote Matias Sierralta from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matias Sierralta 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.

Market

Universidad Catolica promote Marcelo Aravena from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcelo Aravena 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.

Market

Universidad Catolica promote Benjamin Osorio from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Osorio 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