The Universidad de Concepcion Chronicle
Squad22 Mar 2027
Cecilio Waterman damages knee ligaments — 91 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 91 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match17 Mar 2027
Tomas Sanchez sends Universidad de Concepcion through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Tomas Sanchez obliged against Palestino. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Universidad de Concepcion.
Match17 Mar 2027
Cruel end for Palestino as Universidad de Concepcion pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Universidad de Concepcion scored in the 93th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Julián Rodríguez Seguer keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Universidad de Concepcion may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match20 Mar 2027
8 unbeaten for Universidad de Concepcion
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Universidad de Concepcion did not have in the autumn.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Santiago Silva 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 Universidad de Concepcion this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Universidad de Concepcion training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Facundo Mater 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.
The terraces22 Mar 2027
Universidad de Concepcion supporters have found a favourite in Agustín Arce
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Agustín Arce has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Levit Béjar runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Match Universidad de Concepcion and San Marcos de Arica take a point apiece
- Player ratings Bastián Ubal was immovable
- Player ratings Nothing got past Lucas Molina