The Universidad de Concepcion Chronicle
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Valentín Dávila says Universidad de Concepcion 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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Maximiliano Zalazar runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Miguel Barbieri signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Miguel Barbieri and Universidad de Concepcion agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Universidad de Concepcion
Miguel Barbieri 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Universidad de Concepcion
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fernando Romero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market8 Mar 2027
Universidad de Concepcion promote Erick Valdes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Erick Valdes 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.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Luis Rojas gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Antonio Díaz stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.69 on the card, and the Universidad de Concepcion support went home talking about one name.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Mateo Silvetti
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Mateo Silvetti has come out of that comparison in the side, and Universidad de Concepcion have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Universidad de Concepcion and Deportes Limache
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Looking ahead Pablo Parra goes back to face Ñublense