The Universidad de Concepcion Chronicle
Match8 Aug 2026
No mercy from Universidad de Concepcion
Santiago Morning will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Universidad de Concepcion were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Barrea takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jorge Espejo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Universidad de Concepcion they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Jorge Espejo signs for Huachipato while still at Universidad de Concepcion
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Jorge Espejo has agreed terms with Huachipato for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Universidad de Concepcion
Miguel Barbieri and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Facundo Mater 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Daniel Barrea
Marked 9.26 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alexis Montecinos steps up from the Universidad de Concepcion academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexis Montecinos 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
Matias Mena steps up from the Universidad de Concepcion academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matias Mena 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
- Market One of our own: Daniel Sanchez joins the Universidad de Concepcion first team
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jorge Espejo
- The dugout A satisfied Erick Bravo