The Everton de Viña del Mar Courier
Squad12 Feb 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Diego Osorio
31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Everton de Viña del Mar lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match10 Feb 2029
Everton de Viña del Mar end the wait against San Luis
It had gone 10 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Market12 Feb 2029
Everton de Viña del Mar turn down Deportes La Serena for Josepablo Monreal
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Everton de Viña del Mar
Dieter Villalpando 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.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Everton de Viña del Mar
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words at Everton de Viña del Mar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Benjamín Berríos 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Tomas Sanchez joins the Everton de Viña del Mar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tomas Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2029
Luis Nunez steps up from the Everton de Viña del Mar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luis Nunez 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Everton de Viña del Mar promote Pablo Vargas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pablo Vargas 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Franco Bustamante
- Match Everton de Viña del Mar find a way past San Luis
- Boardroom Everton de Viña del Mar board go back on their word