The Iquique Gazette
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Vicente Concha: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Iquique's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Iquique has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Iquique
Diego Orellana and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Iquique
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match13 Feb 2027
Iquique cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Match13 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Iquique against Huachipato
0‑2 to Huachipato, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Álvaro Ramos
“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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Iquique promote Benjamin Montecinos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Montecinos 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Rodrigo Beausejour joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rodrigo Beausejour is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Felipe Espinoza falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Jorge Nunez faces the questions
- Player ratings Fabricio Pérez runs at them all day