The Iquique Gazette
Squad17 May 2027
Daniel Osorio damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 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.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Both of them Agustín Venezia's — 8.69
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.69, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad17 May 2027
Words at Iquique training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Venezia 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.
Squad17 May 2027
Álvaro Ramos 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 Iquique this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 May 2027
Iquique get the job done against San Marcos de Arica
A 2‑0 win over San Marcos de Arica, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Match15 May 2027
The run at home goes on for Iquique
8 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Franco Fagúndez
- Squad The manager makes an example of Diego Orellana
- Player ratings Nobody could get near César González
- The terraces Agustín Venezia has his own song now