The Universidad Catolica Herald
Match21 Apr 2029
Universidad Catolica cannot stop winning
5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Market23 Apr 2029
Bojan Adžić has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Universidad Catolica they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Justo Giani in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Universidad Catolica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces23 Apr 2029
The crowd has taken to Martín Gómez
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match21 Apr 2029
Universidad Catolica find a way past Palestino
Palestino made Universidad Catolica work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Match21 Apr 2029
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Universidad Catolica. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
A masterclass from Martín Gómez
Marked 8.25 — 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.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Cristián Cuevas gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Daniel Osorio out for 19 days
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Daniel Osorio, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Squad Matías Palavecino dropped after a run of poor form
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Justo Giani
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Rodrigo González