The Iquique Gazette
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Iquique
Agustín Venezia 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Iquique
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Cristian Riquelme joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Riquelme is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
Sebastian Davila steps up from the Iquique academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Alexis Sanchez joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexis Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Benjamin Maripan joins the Iquique 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Iquique against Union Espanola
0‑1 to Union Espanola, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad15 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Diego Orellana
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diego Orellana, and the manager let it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Simón Contreras 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near César González
- Squad Joaquín Aros left out for tactical reasons at Iquique
- Boardroom Iquique spend it where nobody looks