The Huachipato Chronicle
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Kevin Altez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 45. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Cris Martínez, 33, rolls back the years — 8.13
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.13 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Huachipato
Ezequiel Cañete 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 Huachipato
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.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Kevin Altez
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match13 Feb 2027
Huachipato see off Universidad de Concepcion
Three points for Huachipato, 2‑0 the final word against Universidad de Concepcion in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market15 Feb 2027
Carlos Isla steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Daniel Medel steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Medel 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: Nicolas Riquelme joins the Huachipato first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Riquelme is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ivan Medel joins the Huachipato first team
- Player ratings One of those days for Ezequiel Cañete
- Squad Words at Huachipato training over how hard people work