The Universitario Gazette
Squad8 Feb 2027
The knee: Francisco Gerometta out for 94 days
94 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Universitario lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market8 Feb 2027
Alex Valera asks to leave Universitario
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Caín Fara breaks a bone — 20 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 20 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Andy Polo beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 30. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market8 Feb 2027
Sékou Gassama says no to Mirandés
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Sékou Gassama had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Universitario
Diego Romero 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Paolo Reyna has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Universitario can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Universitario
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Lisandro Alzugaray 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.
In brief
- Market Universitario promote Sergio Caceda from within
- Player ratings César Inga stands above it all
- The dugout Andy Polo has become a man the manager trusts