The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
Raúl Olivares damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Lionel Jatón
Successful dribbles: 38. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Miguel Terceros has a hand in both — 7.88
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.88, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Raúl Olivares 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 Santiago Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Santiago Wanderers
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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Santiago Wanderers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miguel Terceros 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.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
Santiago Wanderers supporters have found a favourite in Miguel Terceros
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Miguel Terceros has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match13 Feb 2027
Franco Lobos sends Santiago Wanderers past San Marcos de Arica
It finished 2‑0, and it was Franco Lobos’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Santiago Wanderers.
Market15 Feb 2027
Santiago Wanderers promote Gary Beausejour from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gary Beausejour 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
- Market Ivan Bravo steps up from the Santiago Wanderers academy
- Market Santiago Wanderers promote Diego Vargas from within
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Franco Lobos at his very best