The Universidad de Concepcion Chronicle
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Universidad de Concepcion part company with Erick Bravo
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Squad12 Feb 2029
The knee: Ramiro Paunero out for 47 days
47 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Universidad de Concepcion lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match10 Feb 2029
No end in sight to Universidad de Concepcion's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Universidad de Concepcion has to find a result from somewhere.
Market12 Feb 2029
Bastián Ubal asks to leave Universidad de Concepcion
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Matias Beausejour takes charge at Universidad de Concepcion
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Mauro Medina 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Universidad de Concepcion
Yerco Oyanedel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Universidad de Concepcion
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words at Universidad de Concepcion training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miguel Barbieri 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Universidad de Concepcion rebuffed over Martín Espinoza Pino
- The dugout Yerco Oyanedel gets it from the manager
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Osorio joins the Universidad de Concepcion first team