The Universidad Catolica Herald
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Álex Arce says Universidad Catolica 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Vicente Bernedo keeps Universidad Catolica in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Universidad Catolica
Agustín García Basso 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Martín Contreras is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at Universidad Catolica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Branco Ampuero 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.
Match27 Mar 2027
Universidad Catolica come up short against O'Higgins
O'Higgins left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Claudio Fernandez answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Juan Díaz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Díaz, and the manager let it.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Mauricio Davila runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Market The Clemente Montes story refuses to die
- Looking ahead Simón Ramírez faces his old club
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Miguel Ángel Torrén