The Iquique Gazette
Match14 Feb 2037
7 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Feb 2037
Agustín Venezia in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Iquique this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom16 Feb 2037
Graduation day at Iquique
11 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.
Squad16 Feb 2037
Words at Iquique training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Natã Felipe 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.
Match14 Feb 2037
Iquique leaking at the back
4 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad16 Feb 2037
The manager makes an example of Francisco Romero
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match14 Feb 2037
Union Espanola take the points off Iquique
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market16 Feb 2037
Carlos Davila steps up from the Iquique academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Davila has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market16 Feb 2037
One of our own: Francisco Valdes joins the Iquique first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Valdes 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: Tomas Meneses joins the Iquique first team
- Market Cristian Osorio steps up from the Iquique academy
- Boardroom Iquique board go back on their word