The Cobreloa Post
Squad14 Feb 2028
Benjamín Bravo gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Benjamín Bravo has just signed for Cobreloa, and for once the answer mattered.
Market14 Feb 2028
Bryan Ogaz has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Cobreloa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Jonathan Rodríguez, 35, rolls back the years — 8.01
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.01 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
Cobreloa to lose Bryan Ogaz for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Bryan Ogaz has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Market14 Feb 2028
Benjamín Bravo is a Cobreloa player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Cobreloa
César Fuentes 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.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Cobreloa
2 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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Cobreloa rebuffed over Nicolás Matamoros
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. O'Higgins have kept their man, and Cobreloa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces14 Feb 2028
Cobreloa supporters have found a favourite in Joaquín Muñoz
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Joaquín Muñoz has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market Ivan Vargas steps up from the Cobreloa academy
- Market Luis Maripan steps up from the Cobreloa academy
- Match Cobreloa see off Universidad de Concepcion