The Antofagasta Sentinel
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Antofagasta
Christian Bravo 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Iván Rozas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Iván Rozas commits to Antofagasta for another 4 years.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Nicolas Sanchez joins the Antofagasta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Diego Fernandez joins the Antofagasta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Fernandez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Adrián Cuadra 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Juan Pablo Cisternas gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Juan Pablo Cisternas is on it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes Diego Rojas a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Antofagasta. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A wage question at Antofagasta
Sebastián Leyton has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Adrián Cuadra asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market Agustín Rivero placed on the list
- The dugout Iván Rozas keeps his manager's vote