The Deportes Santa Cruz Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Deportes Santa Cruz
Mathias Pinto 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Nadir Zeineddin
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel Valdes steps up from the Deportes Santa Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Valdes 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 Mena steps up from the Deportes Santa Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcelo Sagal steps up from the Deportes Santa Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcelo Sagal 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
Deportes Santa Cruz promote Benjamin Valencia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Valencia 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Deportes Santa Cruz against Curicó Unido
0‑1 to Curicó Unido, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alex Valdes is a square peg at Deportes Santa Cruz
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Erick Sanchez faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Erick Sanchez after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Diego Arias
- Squad A wage question at Deportes Santa Cruz
- Squad Diego Arias still has not settled