The Audax Italiano Chronicle
Squad12 Feb 2029
The knee: Manuel Vicuña out for 63 days
63 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Audax Italiano lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Nozomi Kimura keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Audax Italiano may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Jose Riquelme signs on for the long haul
Audax Italiano moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Jose Riquelme, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Audax Italiano
Tomás Castro Ponce was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Audax Italiano
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.
Match10 Feb 2029
Audax Italiano get the job done against Coquimbo Unido
A 2‑0 win over Coquimbo Unido, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Guillermo Sanchez joins the Audax Italiano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guillermo Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2029
Audax Italiano promote Tomas Beausejour from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomas Beausejour 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Audax Italiano promote Juan Nunez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Nunez 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Diego Valencia joins the Audax Italiano first team
- Player ratings Ulises Ortegoza ran the middle of the pitch — 6.67
- Boardroom Audax Italiano sign off a bigger ground