University of Sports suffered a painful defeat against Goiás in last Tuesday’s Copa Sudamericana. The top team delivered an interesting game and came close to winning several times; However, they lost the duel with a great goal by Luis Apodi in the 89th minute. After this result, the meringues do not need to be first in the group, but they keep the odds alive to qualify for the next round of the tournament.
Although the engagement had its frictions and several strong performances were observed, No one expected the tension to escalate to a brawl in the dressing room, as reported after the meeting. Some images broadcast on social networks show a fierce fight between U players and Goiás in the Estadio da Serrinha tunnel. The most complicated part of the affair was that the Brazilian police intervened and threw pepper spray at the athletes as the mood soared.
Given that George Fossati, the Universitario coach, gave his version of the facts, revealing the origin of the affair and pointing to the police as they displayed their guns in front of them. “There was an Argentine (Julián Palacios) who caused ugliness, then he wiped himself out and went to the dressing room, hence the problem. The police came with us, sprayed us with pepper spray and pointed guns at us. You have to think how often that happens in Brazil,” commented the Uruguayan coach as he left the venue.
The video shows the brawl between players
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University: Next game in South America
University vs. Santa Fewill be played on Thursday 8 June at 21:00 (Peruvian and Colombian time) for the fifth date of Group G of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana. The match will take place at the Nemesio Camacho El Campín stadium and will be broadcast by DirecTV Sport and DGO. After the top team’s 2-0 victory in the Monumental “U” marathon stadium, it will be the second meeting between the two this year.