Daniel Isla

Right Forward - Antofagasta
7 Sep 2026
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Process

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The Antofagasta Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Mathías Suárez has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Antofagasta can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad

Words exchanged at Antofagasta

Matías Gallegos and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at Antofagasta training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastián Leyton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

A bad afternoon for Antofagasta against Universidad de Concepcion

1‑2 to Universidad de Concepcion, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Christian Bravo 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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Matias Diaz to a room that had heard them before.

Squad

Daniel Isla signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Isla commits to Antofagasta for another 3 years.

The dugout

Adrián Cuadra left out for tactical reasons at Antofagasta

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Squad

The shirt is Matías Contreras’s

At 31 he has taken a place rather than been given one, and somebody else has to find something to say about it. Antofagasta have a decision that made itself.

In brief

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The Antofagasta Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Sebastián Leyton was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

Tempers go at Antofagasta

Matías Gallegos 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.

Market

Daniel Davila steps up from the Antofagasta academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Davila 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.

Market

One of our own: Ivan Aravena joins the Antofagasta first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Aravena is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Daniel Isla steps up from the Antofagasta academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Isla 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.

Market

One of our own: Eduardo Montecinos joins the Antofagasta first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Montecinos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match

Diego Rojas the difference as Antofagasta beat San Luis

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Diego Rojas. 1‑0 against San Luis, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Diego Rojas

A mark of 7.95, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout

Matias Diaz has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Matias Diaz on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief