The volcanic island of Robinson Crusoe, 670 kilometers (416 miles) west of Chile's mainland, was renamed in 1966 after the famous Daniel Defoe novel about a man left to survive on a remote island.
Over 300 years after the novel was written, this island of roughly 1,200 residents is now set to enjoy one of the most magical moments of sporting history.
For the first time ever, the island will compete in Chile's domestic football cup. The Football Federation of Chile invited Robinson Crusoe Island and Alejandro Selkirk Island to join together and compete as the "Juan Fernandez Archipelago." This weekend, on the last Sunday in April, they will host three-time cup winners Santiago Wanderers.
Most of the visiting team will undertake a more than 30-hour boat trip to travel to and from the island because its airstrip is so tiny.
Marcelo Diaz is one of the journalists who traveled to the Robinson Crusoe to cover the game. After taking a flight on a small aircraft with space for no more than eight passengers, he says he then needed to take another forty-minute boat trip to reach the main town of San........