The Ñublense Herald
Squad15 Feb 2027
9 saves: Hernán Muñoz was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match13 Feb 2027
Ñublense taken apart
0‑3 to Universidad de Chile, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Alexis Rodríguez says Ñublense went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match13 Feb 2027
6 matches without a win for Ñublense
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Ñublense are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Ñublense
Edison Penilla 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Ñublense
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
A row about effort at Ñublense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Raimundo Rebolledo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Talleres tell Ñublense: Mauro Molina is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market15 Feb 2027
Gary Castillo steps up from the Ñublense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gary Castillo 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: Ivan Bravo joins the Ñublense first team
- Market One of our own: Jose Bravo joins the Ñublense first team
- Market Felipe Pulgar steps up from the Ñublense academy