The Universidad de Chile Gazette
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Israel Poblete runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Universidad de Chile
Charles Aránguiz 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 Universidad de Chile
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: Carlos Vargas joins the Universidad de Chile first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Vargas 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
Jose Vargas steps up from the Universidad de Chile academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jose Vargas 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
Gary Mena steps up from the Universidad de Chile academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gary Mena 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
Universidad de Chile promote Benjamin Sagal from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Sagal 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Universidad de Chile training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabián Hormazábal 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Universidad de Chile pick somebody else ahead of Charles Aránguiz
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Javier Altamirano
- Squad Juan Martín Lucero has become a man the manager trusts
- Match Universidad de Chile and Antofagasta cancel each other out