The Palestino Chronicle
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Palestino's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Palestino has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Age has not caught Bryan Carrasco yet — 7.87
At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.87 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Palestino
Bryan Carrasco 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 Palestino
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
Palestino promote Diego Davila from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Davila 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Palestino promote Gary Suazo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gary Suazo 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Matias Pulgar steps up from the Palestino academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matias Pulgar 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: Jean Sanchez joins the Palestino first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jean Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Jonathan Benítez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Words at Palestino training over how hard people work
- Squad The manager has not finished forgetting Ariel Martínez's mistake
- Match Palestino share the spoils with Audax Italiano