The Union Espanola Gazette
Match12 Feb 2028
Nobody wins at Union Espanola
20 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Market14 Feb 2028
Ignacio Jeraldino hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Union Espanola can pretend not to have heard.
Match12 Feb 2028
Union Espanola leave it late against Deportes Santa Cruz
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 88th, and Deportes Santa Cruz spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Ariel Uribe says Union Espanola 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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
No thanks: Jonás Miszczuk rejects the move
Union Espanola had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at River Plate, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Ariel Uribe has a hand in both — 7.99
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.99, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Union Espanola
Pablo Aránguiz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Union Espanola
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match12 Feb 2028
Whatever happens, Union Espanola do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
In brief
- Transfer targets Union Espanola rebuffed over Facundo Jáuregui
- Match Union Espanola get the job done against Deportes Santa Cruz
- Market Pablo Isla steps up from the Union Espanola academy