Ñublense’s season was not the best according to what it had been showing in recent seasons, although the beginning seemed encouraging with the team that remained in the middle of the table until the eighth round when the irregularity began that was constant throughout the season. year and that revealed the poor management led by president Sergio Gioino, who was the target of criticism during the season.
Perhaps the high point of the 2023 season was the participation in the international concept, first they achieved a third place in their group where they were with Flamengo, the last champion of the Libertadores and with which they achieved a tie at home, Racing, a historic team from Argentina and finally Aucas from Ecuador, a team they defeated in Concepción with goals from Rubio and Vilches, achieving Ñublense’s first victory in that competition.
After that, those led by García entered the Copa Sudamericana for being the best third place. In this competition they eliminated Audax Italiano, getting into a historic round of 16, where they lost on penalties against the champion Liga de Quito, who recorded only one home defeat and it was precisely against “Rojo”.
After this, the team continued its poor campaign in the National Championship until September 4 arrived, a day after beating Everton as a visitor. Jaime García was separated from his duties, ending a four-season bond between him and the team and the city.
After this, Caputto took over, under a true hell formed by the fans themselves who did not understand this decision and did not accept him for everything that the “Búfalo” had built.
The Caputto era was a real disaster, he only managed seven games, winning 2 of them, drawing 2 and losing 3 and to top it all off he was recorded by a fan in a conversation making false accusations against García, something that ended up condemning him and which ended with his departure at the end of the year after the defeat against the U.
In 2024, Ñublense hopes to recover that identity and idea of playing alongside Mario Salas, which was made official and who hopes to take “Rojo” to the top of the table
