The Universidad de Chile Gazette
Market12 Feb 2035
Tomás Mena has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Universidad de Chile they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market12 Feb 2035
Tobías Quiroz 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 Universidad de Chile can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Feb 2035
Tempers go at Universidad de Chile
Enzo Cardozo 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.
Market12 Feb 2035
Jerónimo Russo 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.
Boardroom12 Feb 2035
14 academy graduates step up at Universidad de Chile
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match10 Feb 2035
Universidad de Chile get the job done against Ñublense
A 2‑0 win over Ñublense, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings12 Feb 2035
Francisco Cuzzani beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market12 Feb 2035
Universidad de Chile promote Erick Isla from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Erick Isla 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.
Squad12 Feb 2035
Jerónimo Russo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Maximiliano Gutiérrez
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Kauê Rodrigues at his very best
- The dugout Gonzalo Alassia gets it from the manager