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Steady
Squad15 Nov 2027
International call for Joe Abrigo
Joe Abrigo joins up with his country. Palestino lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Ian Garguez called up by his country
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Palestino that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Lucas Marcotti asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad9 Aug 2027
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” César Munder and Palestino agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match7 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Palestino
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
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Steady
Match1 May 2027
A 1-0 win over San Luis, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad3 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad3 May 2027
José Bizama asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Theo Maia and Palestino agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match17 Apr 2027
A 1-1 draw with Huachipato leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ian Garguez commits to Palestino for another 4 years.
Squad8 Feb 2027
César Munder knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Palestino, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Enzo Roco keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Enzo Roco plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Feb 2027
César Munder asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ronnie Fernández plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Nelson Da Silva has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Jan 2027
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Gonzalo Tapia asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad25 Jan 2027
César Munder keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: César Munder plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 164% of everything Palestino earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market2 Nov 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Antonio Ceza asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
César Munder asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market12 Oct 2026
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Palestino money.
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Crisis
Match29 Aug 2026
5 matches without a win for Palestino
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Palestino are no longer polite ones.
Match29 Aug 2026
1-2 to Universidad de Concepcion, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad31 Aug 2026
César Munder gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Triumph
Match1 Aug 2026
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Nelson Da Silva, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Julián Fernández commits to Palestino for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of César Munder
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.