Benjamin Isla

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Universidad de Chile U18
16 Dec 2027
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Process

Marked for Benjamin Isla

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The Universidad de Chile Gazette

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Agustín Arce breaks a bone — 18 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings

Both of them Juan Martín Lucero's — 9.00

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.00, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

The dugout

Tobías Reinhart: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Universidad de Chile have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Israel Poblete 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 Chile this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Universidad de Chile

3 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.

Match

Universidad de Chile see off Antofagasta

Three points for Universidad de Chile, 2‑1 the final word against Antofagasta in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

One of their own: Bianneider Tamayo

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Market

Universidad de Chile promote Carlos Mena from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Mena 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.

Market

One of our own: Felipe Isla joins the Universidad de Chile first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Felipe Isla is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief