The Universitario Gazette
Match17 Jun 2028
14 unbeaten for Universitario
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 14 matches without defeat is a foundation Universitario did not have in the autumn.
Market19 Jun 2028
Mario Suárez 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 The request is on a desk at Universitario, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match17 Jun 2028
The run at home goes on for Universitario
12 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Universitario
Jairo Concha 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.
Market19 Jun 2028
Universitario may not be able to give Paolo Reyna what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Paolo Reyna wants continental football; whether Universitario can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad19 Jun 2028
César Inga falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings19 Jun 2028
Jesús Castillo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.15. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Cristopher Loayza stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cristopher Loayza and Universitario agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match17 Jun 2028
Melgar snatch it back from Universitario
A goal on 96 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
In brief
- The dugout Alejandro Rébola left out for the big one
- Match Jesús Castillo rescues a point for Universitario
- The dugout Andre Ruidiaz on the point