The Union La Calera Gazette
Squad12 Jul 2027
Carlo Villanueva damages knee ligaments — 111 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 111 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The terraces12 Jul 2027
Supporters organise against the Union La Calera board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Francisco Pozzo scores twice — 8.97
Two goals and a mark of 8.97 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Union La Calera
Nicolás Avellaneda and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Words at Union La Calera training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Pablo Salomoni 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Matias Aranguiz joins the Union La Calera first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matias Aranguiz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Erick Isla joins the Union La Calera first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Erick Isla is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Juan Castillo joins the Union La Calera first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Castillo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
Matias Fernandez steps up from the Union La Calera academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matias Fernandez 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.
In brief
- Match Late, late show earns Union La Calera a point
- Match Union La Calera share the spoils with Huachipato
- The dugout Axel Encinas gets it from the manager