The Union Espanola Gazette
Match13 Feb 2027
6 matches without a win for Union Espanola
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Union Espanola are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Patricio Rubio
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match13 Feb 2027
6 matches without a goal for Union Espanola
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 6 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Union Espanola
Jamal Thiaré 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
Graduation day at Union Espanola
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market15 Feb 2027
Union Espanola promote Juan Valencia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Valencia 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Union Espanola promote Pablo Davila from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pablo Davila 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Claudio Isla joins the Union Espanola first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Claudio Isla 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
Benjamin Bravo steps up from the Union Espanola academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Bravo 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.
In brief
- Match Iquique take the points off Union Espanola
- Squad Diego Subiabre falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Diego Subiabre will replay that one