The Universidad de Concepcion Chronicle
The dugout26 Apr 2027
José Sanhueza says Universidad de Concepcion went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match24 Apr 2027
Thiago Domínguez’s goal not enough for Universidad de Concepcion
Thiago Domínguez scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to O'Higgins, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Antonio Díaz 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 Universidad de Concepcion this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Cristhofer Mesías falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Universidad de Concepcion lose Daniel Mena
39 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Harol Salgado
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Jean Isla: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 2‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Antonio Díaz was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Gonzalo Siri 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 Universidad de Concepcion, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Pablo Parra
- Market The Rogelio Funes Mori story refuses to die
- Squad Thiago Domínguez is off the mark for Universidad de Concepcion