The Antofagasta Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Antofagasta
Matías Gallegos 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pablo Vargas steps up from the Antofagasta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlos Diaz steps up from the Antofagasta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Diaz 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sebastian Davila steps up from the Antofagasta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian Davila 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Antofagasta promote Pablo Aranguiz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pablo Aranguiz 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Iván Rozas ran the middle of the pitch — 6.68
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 10 combined actions and a mark of 6.68, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Diego Rojas was the difference for Antofagasta
Marked 7.92. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Antofagasta are still strangers to each other
13 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Juan Pablo Cisternas gifts one
A goalkeeper’s error has no defender behind it to tidy it away. He knew before the ball crossed the line, the crowd knew a second later, and there is nothing anybody can say tonight.
In brief
- Match Diego Rojas rescues a point for Antofagasta
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad Diego Rojas finally opens his account