From our football correspondent
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 countryA 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
Squad8 Nov 2027
Kevin Campillay : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Nov 2027
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Jason León
“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.
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Steady
Squad1 Nov 2027
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Bryan Carrasco
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Kevin Campillay 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
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Felipe Arce
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Martín Espinoza 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 Oct 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sebastián Pérez plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Felipe Arce The manager makes an example of Felipe Arce
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Steady
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Gonzalo Tapia 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sebastián Gallegos plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Theo Maia Theo Maia says Palestino went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad11 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ian Garguez commits to Palestino for another 4 years.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Joe Abrigo called up by his countryA 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.
Gonzalo Tapia Gonzalo Tapia says Palestino went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad4 Oct 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Benítez and Palestino agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Tempers went at Palestino this week. Nothing a hard session and a quiet word cannot repair, though the story got out all the same.
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Steady
Squad27 Sep 2027
Lucas Marcotti : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Ronnie Fernández , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Simón Pinto commits to Palestino for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad20 Sep 2027
Francisco Montes : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Bryan Carrasco 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Sebastián Pérez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Squad13 Sep 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Micael and Palestino agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“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.
In brief
Squad
Enzo Roco looks at the other side of the line
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Martín Espinoza
“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.
Squad6 Sep 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match28 Aug 2027
1-2 to Universidad de Concepcion , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Kevin Campillay
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Fernando Meza 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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Upbeat
Match21 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Palestino
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match21 Aug 2027
Three points for Palestino , 3-2 the final word against Cobresal in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Enzo Roco left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Enzo Roco will call it something else in private.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
3 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Fernando Meza 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match14 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Palestino
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Pérez
“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.
Match14 Aug 2027
A 2-2 draw with San Luis leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
From our football correspondent
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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
There were 6 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.
Squad2 Aug 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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Upbeat
Squad26 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Ronnie Fernández , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Jul 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Palestino pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Kevin Campillay 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Window shut, José Bizama still here
Palestino spent the window trying to move José Bizama on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Steady
Match17 Jul 2027
A 1-0 win over Colo-Colo , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Martín Espinoza commits to Palestino for another 4 years.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Bryan Carrasco 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sebastián Pérez keeps the shirt for now, at Palestino 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Joe Abrigo wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Joe Abrigo has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Palestino know, and have known for weeks.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Jul 2027
The fee is $110.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. O'Higgins drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Fernando Meza
“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.
Match10 Jul 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Iquique will be the happier side with the point.
Market12 Jul 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Alejandro Hales has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Palestino .
Squad12 Jul 2027
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Jonathan Benítez has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Palestino know, and have known for weeks.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A new face in his position, and Nelson Da Silva suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Palestino have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Market5 Jul 2027
José Bizama hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Palestino can pretend not to have heard.
Market5 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Felipe Arce and Palestino agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Jul 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.
Match3 Jul 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Antofagasta came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Fernando Meza 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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Crisis
Market28 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Palestino can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Jun 2027
56 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market28 Jun 2027
The fee is $68.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Cobresal drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market28 Jun 2027
The name of Dilan Salgado has come up in conversations Palestino were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match26 Jun 2027
Union La Calera left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Simón Pinto commits to Palestino for another 5 years.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $230.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Antofagasta drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad21 Jun 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.
Match19 Jun 2027
O'Higgins made Palestino work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Marcotti commits to Palestino for another 3 years.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Jonathan Benítez suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Palestino have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
The fee is $84.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Iquique drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Match12 Jun 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market14 Jun 2027
José Bizama told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” José Bizama has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Palestino .
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Simón Pinto
“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 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Ian Garguez called up by his countryA 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Jun 2027
Sebastián Salas : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match5 Jun 2027
Three points for Palestino , 1-0 the final word against Union Espanola in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Nelson Da Silva
“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.
Market7 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sebastián Gallegos has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Palestino .
Squad7 Jun 2027
Ronnie Fernández 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
It went in off him and he did not care in the slightest. 1 for the season now, and a forward who has scored is a different footballer by Tuesday.
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Crisis
Match29 May 2027
No end in sight to Palestino 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Palestino has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad31 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.
Match29 May 2027
Audax Italiano left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Crisis
Match22 May 2027
0-1 to San Marcos de Arica , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 May 2027
A new face in his position, and Ronnie Fernández suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Palestino have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad24 May 2027
Enzo Roco wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Enzo Roco has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Palestino know, and have known for weeks.
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Crisis
Match15 May 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Fernando Meza
“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.
Squad17 May 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Steady
Squad10 May 2027
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Nelson Da Silva
“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.
Match8 May 2027
A 1-1 draw with Cobresal leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match24 Apr 2027
0-1 to Universidad Catolica , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Simón Pinto 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Enzo Roco 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.
From our football correspondent
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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad12 Apr 2027
58 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antonio Ceza commits to Palestino for another 3 years.
Match10 Apr 2027
1-2 to Santiago Wanderers , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Pérez
“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.
Match3 Apr 2027
Three points for Palestino , 2-0 the final word against Colo-Colo in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Jonathan Benítez . Palestino will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Ronnie Fernández 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
Market5 Apr 2027
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Joao Moris moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
Market5 Apr 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Esteban Paredes leaves Palestino the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market5 Apr 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Daniel Pino leaves Palestino the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.
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Uneasy
Squad29 Mar 2027
Ronnie Fernández : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match27 Mar 2027
7 matches without a win for Palestino
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Palestino are no longer polite ones.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 43 days on the sidelines for Ronnie Fernández , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Fernando Meza
“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.
Match27 Mar 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Simón Pinto 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.
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Uneasy
Match17 Mar 2027
Santiago Wanderers ended it 0-0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Sebastián Pérez : 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match20 Mar 2027
6 matches without a win for Palestino
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Palestino are no longer polite ones.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Nelson Da Silva
“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.
Match20 Mar 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Antofagasta will be the happier side with the point.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Fernando Meza 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 89 days on the sidelines for Bryan Carrasco , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match13 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Palestino 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Palestino has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Martín Araya
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jonathan Benítez commits to Palestino for another 2 years.
Match6 Mar 2027
O'Higgins left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Antonio Ceza 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad1 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Tapia
“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.
Jano Gordon Jano Gordon says Palestino went back on their word
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Uneasy
Match20 Feb 2027
A 1-1 draw with Union Espanola leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Nelson Da Silva keeps the shirt for now, at Palestino 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Joe Abrigo wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Joe Abrigo has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Palestino know, and have known for weeks.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 121 days on the sidelines for Bryan Carrasco , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Nicolas Montecinos is back at Palestino , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Alexis Sanchez is back at Palestino , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market15 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match13 Feb 2027
A 2-1 win over Audax Italiano , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Sebastián Pérez knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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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 voteThe 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.
From our football correspondent
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 voteThe 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
Squad18 Jan 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Sebastián Pérez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Enzo Roco keeps his manager's voteThe 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Fernando Meza has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Enzo Roco , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bastián Solano commits to Palestino for another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Jano Gordon , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
119% of the income goes out in wages at Palestino
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Uneasy
Market21 Dec 2026
He is 20, and nobody at Palestino signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market21 Dec 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jonathan Benítez keeps the shirt for now, at Palestino 's convenience rather than his own.
Micael A long bet from Palestino on Micael
Squad21 Dec 2026
Esteban Paredes 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.
Market21 Dec 2026
No fee and no drama: Theo Maia has signed at Palestino , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Uneasy
Market14 Dec 2026
$2.7M from Penarol for Julián Fernández . Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Nicolás Meza is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Palestino has been clear about where Nicolás Meza stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Uneasy
Market7 Dec 2026
Penarol are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Palestino will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gonzalo Tapia and Palestino agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Boardroom30 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
63 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Jonathan Benítez plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
Enzo Roco keeps his manager's voteThe 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Benjamín Córdova has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Market9 Nov 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Palestino could get for him.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Nelson Da Silva has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Antonio Ceza Palestino and Antonio Ceza are talking past each other
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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
Squad26 Oct 2026
Gonzalo Tapia : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Antonio Ceza 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Simón Pinto keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Simón Pinto plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
José Bizama : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Palestino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Enzo Roco keeps his manager's voteThe 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.
José Bizama José Bizama: that is not what I was promised
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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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Uneasy
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
296% of the income goes out in wages at Palestino
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Palestino will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The captaincy goes to Jonathan Benítez . It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Martín Araya keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Martín Araya plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Enzo Roco Enzo Roco says Palestino went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Nelson Da Silva plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Leonardo Díaz has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Antonio Ceza
“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.
Market14 Sep 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Palestino could get for him.
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Crisis
Match5 Sep 2026
6 matches without a win for Palestino
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Palestino are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
272% of the income goes out in wages at Palestino
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“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.
Match5 Sep 2026
San Marcos de Arica left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A first senior shirt for Ian Alegria
Every debut is a small story about the future: Ian Alegria , 18 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market7 Sep 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.
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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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Crisis
Squad24 Aug 2026
There were 6 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Palestino
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Palestino are no longer polite ones.
Match22 Aug 2026
Cobresal left with the points after a 2-4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Steady
Match12 Aug 2026
Palestino bow out of the cupSantiago Wanderers go through and Palestino go home, 1-2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ian Garguez
“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.
Match15 Aug 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Ian Garguez The manager makes an example of Ian Garguez
Squad17 Aug 2026
Julián Fernández 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A first senior shirt for Martín Araya
Every debut is a small story about the future: Martín Araya , 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Martín Araya finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Palestino have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Sebastián Pérez , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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.
Market10 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.
Market10 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Universidad Catolica will be the happier side with the point.
Market10 Aug 2026
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Palestino money.
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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.