The Universidad Catolica Herald
Match12 Feb 2028
Salomón Rodríguez settles it late for Universidad Catolica
The 89th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Salomón Rodríguez decided nobody was going anywhere. Deportes La Serena had no time left to answer.
Market14 Feb 2028
Universidad Catolica may not be able to give Nahuel Ulariaga what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Nahuel Ulariaga wants continental football; whether Universidad Catolica can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market14 Feb 2028
So close: Vicente Bernedo’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Huachipato moved on, Vicente Bernedo reports back to Universidad Catolica, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Brian Lopez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Universidad Catolica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Universidad Catolica
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A row about effort at Universidad Catolica
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Daniel González was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces14 Feb 2028
The crowd has taken to Elías Báez
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Benjamin Meneses joins the Universidad Catolica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Meneses is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Claudio Isla joins the Universidad Catolica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Claudio Isla is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Universidad Catolica see off Deportes La Serena
- Boardroom A promise the Universidad Catolica board did not keep
- Player ratings Elías Báez takes the honours