The San Marcos de Arica Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nahuel Donadell was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Álvaro Cazula 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 San Marcos de Arica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ivan Mena joins the San Marcos de Arica 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
San Marcos de Arica promote Ivan Isla from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Isla 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
San Marcos de Arica promote Nicolas Riquelme from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolas Riquelme 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
San Marcos de Arica promote Alexis Valdes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexis Valdes 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for San Marcos de Arica against Universidad de Chile
0‑1 to Universidad de Chile, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Carlos Osorio answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Diego Fuentes
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- Looking ahead Guillermo Cubillos faces his old club
- The dugout Javier Rivera does not fit this one
- Squad Yerko Águila has seen what the next man earns