The San Marcos de Arica Gazette
Squad14 Dec 2026
Daniel Vicencio breaks a bone — 117 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 117 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match9 Dec 2026
San Marcos de Arica out of the cup
Union La Calera ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
The terraces14 Dec 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 28 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at San Marcos de Arica
Álvaro Cazula 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Eyes on Diego Bravo Naranjo again
The phone has started ringing about Diego Bravo Naranjo again, and this time the name on the line is Cobresal. San Marcos de Arica are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Agustín Maidana
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Benjamín Rivera 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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Lucas Bernal runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
The chances came and went for Mauricio Godoy
5 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between San Marcos de Arica and Benjamín Rivera
- Market No place for Mauricio Iturra in the plan
- Player ratings Nahuel Donadell never got going