The Palestino Chronicle
Squad14 Feb 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for César Munder
33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Palestino lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A fracture rules Jonathan Benítez out for 24 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Palestino will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The terraces14 Feb 2028
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 28 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Julián Fernández 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 Palestino this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Palestino
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.
Match12 Feb 2028
Audax Italiano take the points off Palestino
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Julián Fernández
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Cristian Medel joins the Palestino first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Medel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
Sebastian Sagal steps up from the Palestino academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian Sagal 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Matias Maripan joins the Palestino first team
- Market Palestino promote Benjamin Montecinos from within
- Player ratings One of those days for Ezequiel Cañete