The Iquique Gazette
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Nicolás Johansen scores twice — 9.04
Two goals and a mark of 9.04 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Match12 Aug 2028
Nicolás Johansen settles it late for Iquique
The 88th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Nicolás Johansen decided nobody was going anywhere. Union Espanola had no time left to answer.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
Lucas Marcotti keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Iquique may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market14 Aug 2028
Diego Arroyo wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Iquique
Diego Arroyo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Iquique
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Léo Santos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match12 Aug 2028
Nicolás Johansen sends Iquique past Union Espanola
It finished 2‑1, and it was Nicolás Johansen’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Iquique.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Diego Orellana
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diego Orellana, and the manager let it.
Market14 Aug 2028
One of our own: Carlos Nunez joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Nunez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Iquique promote Erick Isla from within
- Market Iquique promote Gary Osorio from within
- The dugout Joaquín Pereyra left out for the big one