The Huachipato Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Huachipato
Cris Martínez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Cristhofer Mesías will join Huachipato for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Cristhofer Mesías has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Huachipato have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Matías Belloso was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Huachipato promote Jean Meneses from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jean Meneses 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
Daniel Valdes steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Valdes 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Huachipato promote Nicolas Bravo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolas Bravo 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
Ivan Isla steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Isla 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Belloso 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Maximiliano Rodríguez
Marked 8.02 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Match Huachipato caught on 95 minutes
- Squad No place for Matías Belloso in the new shape
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Huachipato