The Palestino Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Joao Moris 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 Palestino can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Palestino
Jonathan Benítez 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Benítez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Palestino promote Matias Valencia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matias Valencia 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Benjamin Maripan joins the Palestino first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Maripan 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: Jorge Meneses joins the Palestino first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jorge Meneses is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 new faces, and Palestino are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Bryan Carrasco takes the honours
Marked 7.18 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Palestino had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Benjamin Sierralta was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Palestino dressing room was either.
In brief
- Squad The weekend belonged to Federico Anselmo
- Match No goals between Palestino and Universidad Catolica
- Squad A wage question at Palestino