The Magallanes Post
Match10 Apr 2027
10 matches without a win for Magallanes
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Magallanes are no longer polite ones.
Match10 Apr 2027
A hiding for Magallanes
Beaten 0‑3 by Universidad Catolica, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Magallanes
Leonel Müller and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Magallanes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Fernández 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 Apr 2027
Magallanes promote Luis Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Castillo 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 Apr 2027
Rodrigo Maripan steps up from the Magallanes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodrigo Maripan 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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Milton Alegre
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Nobody left the Magallanes dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑3 Tomas Jara left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Gabriel Graciani
- The dugout A promise honoured at Magallanes
- Squad Erick Zapata has had enough of the bench