The Cobreloa Post
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Cobreloa part company with Ivan Davila
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: Matías Sandoval out for 51 days
51 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Cobreloa lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Marcelo Jorquera says Cobreloa 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.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Luis Sagal minds the shop at Cobreloa
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Luis Sagal recited it perfectly.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Cobreloa
Agustín San Juan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Cobreloa
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.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Cobreloa rebuffed over Teo Rodríguez Pagano
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. San Lorenzo have kept their man, and Cobreloa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces12 Feb 2029
The crowd has taken to Agustín San Juan
At 20 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Cristian Montecinos joins the Cobreloa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Montecinos 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 One of our own: Benjamin Bravo joins the Cobreloa first team
- Market One of our own: Gonzalo Davila joins the Cobreloa first team
- Market Cobreloa promote Jean Aravena from within