The Deportes Copiapó Herald
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Luciano Cingolani runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 55. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The knee: Claudio Zamorano out for 16 days
16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Deportes Copiapó lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Nicolás Temperini: 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.” Deportes Copiapó have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Deportes Copiapó
Lautaro Palacios 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
Graduation day at Deportes Copiapó
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Jorge Isla joins the Deportes Copiapó first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jorge Isla 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
Sebastian Bravo steps up from the Deportes Copiapó academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian Bravo 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: Mauricio Montecinos joins the Deportes Copiapó first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mauricio Montecinos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Gastón Pérez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gastón Pérez, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Words at Deportes Copiapó training over how hard people work
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Francisco Fernandez on the draw
- Squad Sebastián Espinoza has had enough of the bench