Last Sunday, May 14, Universitario lost 3-1 to Alianza Atlético and suffered the first defeat of his era. George Fossati. Furthermore, this result would see the Meringues bid farewell to the Apertura tournament, as they are 5 points behind leaders Alianza Lima, who could gain an 8-unit lead if they beat Deportivo Municipal in Matute tonight. Despite the fall, they demanded the action of referee Augusto Menéndez in a cream shop, who sent five footballers off the field.
One of them was the defender Aldo Corzo, in the latter part of the first half. The Peru national team attacked Piero Serra, after rebuking him for a previous foul, the referee decided not to contest it. A day after the incident, the same football player from Alianza Atlético told what the right-back told him before he saw the red card.
“Corzo had a ‘mother mental’. It’s the first time that kind of friction has happened to me with him or any other player, but I think he was sent off well as he comes and attacks me head-on,” he explained to Radio Ovation.
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Next to, Piero Serra referred to the questions against Augusto Menéndez and addressed those who claim so Sporting Alliance won university for bad arbitration.
“I see people saying we won thanks to the referee, but that’s not the case. We deserved to win too,” he concluded.
When is the university playing again?
After the defeat against Alianza Atlético, the next game followed university will be before Caesar Vallejo from Date 16 of League 1. The game is scheduled for this Friday, May 19th at 8:30pm at Monumental Stadium.