The Huachipato Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
A career in one shirt: Claudio Sepúlveda
11 seasons and 350 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Claudio Sepúlveda signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Claudio Sepúlveda and Huachipato agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Huachipato
Cris Martínez 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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Rodrigo Odriozola
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Odriozola, and the manager let it.
Match1 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Huachipato against Iquique
0‑1 to Iquique, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Huachipato training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sergio Núñez 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Huachipato and Rafael Caroca are talking past each other
“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
49 months and counting on Ezequiel Cañete
Still no offer on the table, and Ezequiel Cañete’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Gonzalo Valdes left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- Player ratings A costly moment from Kevin Altez
- The dugout Kevin Altez is still being punished for one mistake
- Looking ahead A reunion for Maicol León