The Universidad Catolica Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Clemente Montes
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Universidad Catolica
Fernando Zampedri 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
Daniel González wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Palavecino stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matías Palavecino and Universidad Catolica agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
24 months and counting on Branco Ampuero
Still no offer on the table, and Branco Ampuero’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and Universidad Catolica are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Universidad Catolica on Gary Suazo
- Market Universidad Catolica buy the years ahead of Benjamin Sanchez
- Squad Nicolás L'Huillier falls out with a teammate over standards
- Match Universidad Catolica draw a blank against Palestino