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The Union Espanola Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match12 Aug 2026

Cristián Rivera sends Union Espanola through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Cristián Rivera obliged against Antofagasta. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Union Espanola.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Rodrigo Vásquez at 21 — 8.01

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Rodrigo Vásquez did not need any: 8.01, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Julio Fierro stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Union Espanola

Pablo Aránguiz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

Union Espanola supporters have found a favourite in Gabriel Norambuena

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Gabriel Norambuena has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Sebastián Pereira 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Sebastián Pereira reaches 100 appearances

100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

Match15 Aug 2026

Union Espanola rescue it on 85 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 85. Colo-Colo had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Pablo Aránguiz

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

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The Union Espanola Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Union Espanola

Pablo Aránguiz 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.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Franco Ratotti 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Claudio Medel joins the Union Espanola first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Claudio Medel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Matias Aranguiz steps up from the Union Espanola academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matias Aranguiz has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

Daniel Montecinos steps up from the Union Espanola academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Montecinos has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Gonzalo Sierralta joins the Union Espanola first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gonzalo Sierralta is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match8 Aug 2026

Union Espanola come up short against Audax Italiano

Audax Italiano left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout10 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 Luis Sierralta left the room before anybody could ask which.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Franco Ratotti runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

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The Union Espanola Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market3 Aug 2026

Sebastián Pereira wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Patricio Rubio signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Patricio Rubio and Union Espanola agree another 2 years.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Pablo Aránguiz beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Angelo Araos 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 Union Espanola this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Union Espanola

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Aránguiz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match1 Aug 2026

Everton de Viña del Mar take the points off Union Espanola

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market3 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Union Espanola and Patricio Rubio

“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.

Market3 Aug 2026

49 months and counting on Pablo Aránguiz

Still no offer on the table, and Pablo Aránguiz’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Too much change too quickly at Union Espanola

13 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

In brief