The San Marcos de Arica Gazette
Match12 Aug 2026
San Marcos de Arica out of the cup
Universidad Catolica ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Augusto Barrios runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Javier Rivera shuts the door
Defensive actions: 29, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for San Marcos de Arica
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around San Marcos de Arica are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Álvaro Cazula 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 San Marcos de Arica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for San Marcos de Arica against Union La Calera
1‑2 to Union La Calera, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Saracho 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The kick that got away from Bairon Monroy
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Mauricio Iturra
A mark of 7.76, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- Squad Camilo Melivilú is off the mark for San Marcos de Arica
- Squad Adriano Galleguillos makes his debut at 18
- The terraces The press have found their man in Rodrigo Saracho