By: Luis Imana
A close match took place at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega stadium, where Universitario de Deportes clinched an agonizing 2-1 win over Deportivo Binacional on Matchday 8 opening tournament.
The Cremes found themselves in trouble from the start of the game as the “mighty ones of the south” kept coming, taking advantage of the height to take possession of the ball and endangering José Carvallo’s goal.
After a few goal chances arose in the first few minutes, they carried them out Wilmar Valencia They scored the opening goal thanks to Andy Polar (16th), who, at 1.65 m, headed all defenders from above to make it 1-0.
However, Universitario didn’t stay to his arms and the opportunity to equalize came in a strange situation on 21 minutes as the referee executed a penalty seconds after Emanuel Herrera’s goal.
The ‘Tanque’ who had just scored against Cienciano in the South American, He was responsible for defining the twelve steps and re-pairing the score. This was the Argentine forward’s first goal with Ate’s team in League 1 in 2023.
Despite both teams fighting for every ball to give the Cusco giants a fresh goal, the score remained 1-1 until 94′ when Alex Valera used a Horacio Calcaterra corner kick to clinch the win seal Victoria Cream with header.
it cost him Pérez Guedes suffered in front of the Binacional brand. Photo: spread
The team around Jorge Fossati climbed to sixth place in the Apertura with 9 points and the cast Juliaca She is second to last with just one point.
Motivated by ‘Suda’ after qualifying for the group stage, the Cremes have now made it to League 1 where they have picked up three points that will allow them to keep their sights on the top of the tournament.
On the other hand, the “mighty ones of the south” are experiencing a complicated present in the season as they weren’t just eliminated against the South Americans Caesar Vallejo, but they couldn’t win a single game in Liga 1 2023. The sky blues have a record of one draw and four defeats in the Apertura.
Next day, Universitario de Deportes host ADT de Tarma at the Monumental Stadium on Saturday, while Deportivo Binacional visit César Vallejo University at Trujillo’s Mansiche Stadium on Sunday.
Did you know…
Visit. University of Sports In this Apertura tournament he got his first away win.
gone back Emanuel Herrera was reunited in League 1 with the goal. The Argentine had not scored in the Peru tournament since December 2020 with Sporting Cristal.