The Coquimbo Unido Post
Squad25 Oct 2032
The knee: Cristian Riquelme out for 16 days
16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Coquimbo Unido lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout25 Oct 2032
Pablo Palacio: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Coquimbo Unido have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Oct 2032
Tempers go at Coquimbo Unido
Maximiliano Luayza Koot 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.
The dugout25 Oct 2032
Gonzalo Alassia gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad25 Oct 2032
Gary Isla stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gary Isla and Coquimbo Unido agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout25 Oct 2032
When it matters, Pedrinho plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad25 Oct 2032
Words at Coquimbo Unido training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bruno Oldani 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 dugout25 Oct 2032
Martín Ginzo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Coquimbo Unido, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market25 Oct 2032
Lautaro Bursich runs his contract down
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Coquimbo Unido money.
In brief
- Match A season winding down at Coquimbo Unido
- Loan watch Franco Pinoni watches his loan from the bench