The Palestino Chronicle
Market16 Nov 2026
Martín Araya puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Palestino, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Palestino
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jonathan Benítez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Palestino
Ronnie Fernández 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Renato César
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Renato César, and the manager let it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Jonathan Benítez gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jonathan Benítez is on it.
Market16 Nov 2026
The Ian Garguez question follows Palestino around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ian Garguez’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Bryan Carrasco
- Squad Welcome back, Nelson Da Silva
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Julián Fernández at Atlético Tucumán