The Huachipato Chronicle
Match15 Jul 2028
Still nobody has beaten Huachipato
The unbeaten run reaches 17. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market17 Jul 2028
Joaquín Stizza agrees terms with Union La Calera
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Huachipato people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market17 Jul 2028
Joaquín Stizza puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Huachipato, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Huachipato
Luiz Mandaca 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.
Match15 Jul 2028
The run at home goes on for Huachipato
10 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Match15 Jul 2028
Huachipato see off Union La Calera
Three points for Huachipato, 1‑0 the final word against Union La Calera in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A muscle injury and 14 days out for Daniel Suazo
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Huachipato will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Words at Huachipato training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristián Toro is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings17 Jul 2028
Luiz Mandaca was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Tomás Asta-Buruaga
- Squad 5 new faces, and Huachipato are still learning each other
- The dugout Francisco Fernandez: “That is the standard”