The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
Sebastian Maripan damages knee ligaments — 36 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 36 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match13 Feb 2027
Franco Lobos leads the rout of Magallanes
3‑0, and Franco Lobos took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Santiago Wanderers tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Franco Lobos scores twice — 8.24
Two goals and a mark of 8.24 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Pedro Navarro keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Santiago Wanderers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Lucas Alarcón goes up and wins it — 7.79
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.79 for the rest of it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Santiago Wanderers
Leandro Navarro 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 Santiago Wanderers
4 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
6 unbeaten for Santiago Wanderers
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Santiago Wanderers did not have in the autumn.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Santiago Wanderers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leandro Díaz 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.
In brief
- Market Santiago Wanderers promote Daniel Medel from within
- Market Santiago Wanderers promote Benjamin Castillo from within
- Market One of our own: Jorge Sagal joins the Santiago Wanderers first team