The Santiago Morning Sentinel
Squad18 Jan 2027
Diego Tapia breaks a bone — 126 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 126 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Santiago Morning
Juan Pablo Abarzúa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Andrés Fernández
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrés Fernández, and the manager let it.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Jorge Troncoso is still paying for one afternoon at Santiago Morning
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
When it matters, Sergio Riffo plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tomás Maya finally belongs at Santiago Morning
The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.
In brief
- The dugout Juan Pablo Abarzúa keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Gastón Unrein is starting to look at home