The Iquique Gazette
Squad15 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Ronaldo Henríquez out for 33 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Iquique will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Iquique
Agustín Venezia 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Iquique
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 Iquique training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Facundo Quintana 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
The crowd has taken to Agustín Venezia
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market15 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Beausejour steps up from the Iquique academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodrigo Beausejour 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Pablo Meneses joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pablo Meneses is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Daniel Maripan joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Maripan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
A masterclass from Agustín Venezia
Marked 8.43 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for José Delgado
- Match Agustín Venezia rescues a point for Iquique
- Player ratings Álvaro Ramos runs at them all day