The Universitario Gazette
Squad1 Apr 2030
Saeid Saharkhizan says Universitario went back on their word
“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.
Market1 Apr 2030
Henrique Trevisan puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Universitario, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Apr 2030
Lucas Angelini is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Universitario is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad1 Apr 2030
Tempers go at Universitario
Alex Valera 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.
Match30 Mar 2030
Still nobody has beaten Universitario
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.
Squad1 Apr 2030
No hiding place for Alex Valera
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Valera, and the manager let it.
Squad1 Apr 2030
Junior Díaz out for 19 days
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Junior Díaz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match30 Mar 2030
Universitario share the spoils with Melgar
A 1‑1 draw with Melgar leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings1 Apr 2030
Johan Martínez leaves them behind him
Shots: 11. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
In brief
- Player ratings Alex Valera keeps on missing
- Player ratings José Rivera runs at them all day
- Player ratings Abolfazl Zadehattar never got going