Next Saturday there will be a final! Universitario de Deportes beat Deportivo Municipal 1-0 and equaled Sporting Cristal’s line (25 points) in the Clausura Tournament, whom they will face in six days at the National Stadium. Definitely, whoever wins that match can give themselves an almost knockout blow in the fight for the title. Already in the analysis of this match, it is clear that the ‘U’ needed a ‘9’ as a reference. It probably must have been the first game of the year where the cream team started without a center forward and felt it in their setup until the 61st minute, when Emanuel Herrera had to come on for Hugo Ancajima. And with it the goal was generated.
After a pause and a touch from ‘Ema’ for Horacio Calcaterra, ‘Calca’ gave way to Edison Flores, who broke Leonel Solís’ goal and made it 1-0. The ‘Oreja’ anger is clear: he was removed from the Peruvian National Team due to muscle fatigue that apparently did not exist, the cream footballer responded by silencing his detractors and giving the victory to Jorge Fossati’s team. I hope that the goal is the beginning of a good moment for the footballer, who definitely needed it, as well as his teammates: the ‘U’ saw draws and a defeat in the Clausura Tournament.
University lineups vs. Municipal
Minute by minute of University vs. Municipal
The previous University vs. Municipal
The ‘U’ is not going through its best moment, having accumulated three games without knowing victory. In addition to the equality with those led by Ángel Comizzo, they tied with Deportivo Garcilaso at the Monumental (1-1) and fell into the hands of ADT (2-0) at the height of Tarma. For this reason, if they want to continue in the fight for the championship, Jorge Fossati’s men will have to return to victory.
On the other hand, let us remember that Universitario will not be able to count on Andy Polo, Alex Valera and Piero Quispe, who are concentrated with the Peruvian National Team with a view to the owner against Brazil on date 2 of the 2026 Qualifiers. Of course, Edison Flores is available , as confirmed by Fossati in his last press conference.
“Edison had been overloaded for two weeks, and was already able to be there for the previous game. Unfortunately he was suspended. The previous game they expelled him, there he reached quite the limit, but after that luckily he didn’t“said the Uruguayan coach, who has in mind to use ‘Orejas’ as a starter this Sunday.
University vs. Municipal: match times
- Peru: 7:00 p.m.
- Colombia: 7:00 p.m.
- Ecuador: 7:00 p.m.
- Argentina: 9:00 pm
- Brazil: 9:00 pm
- Uruguay: 9:00 pm
- Paraguay: 8:00 pm
- Venezuela: 8:00 pm
- Bolivia: 8:00 pm
Likewise, the ‘charrúa’ coach confirmed that Emanuel Herrera, Marco Saravia and Roberto Siucho are working normally, while Alexander Succar will not be taken into account as he is not at 100%. Based on his available players, ‘Flaco’ will finalize the details to put together his best possible team to face ‘Muni’.
“Roberto (Siucho), who was the one who had not been able to work for the longest time, has already returned to work this week. Emanuel (Herrera), who was not at full strength two or three weeks ago, is working without pain this week. Marco (Saravia) now also trains without pain. Unfortunately (Alexander) Succar cannot be with the group, it is expected that he will be able next week”, he pointed out.
Deportivo Municipal, for its part, comes to this match after losing 0-3 against Sport Boys at the Iván Elías Moreno stadium, on date 11 of the Clausura Tournament. The ‘edile’ team is not going through its best moment and, in addition to being committed to relegation in the accumulated table, it has only won one match in this second half of the season. We’ll see if they can recover against the ‘merengues’.
Where to watch the Universitario vs. Municipal?
This match between University of Sports and Municipal Sports It will be broadcast by the exclusive GOLPERU signal, which you can find on the Movistar grid on channels 14 and 714 HD. If you do not have any of these television options, you can follow the match minute by minute that Depor offers you.
University vs. Municipal: probable alignments
- academic: Diego Romero; Marco Saravia, William Riveros, Matías Di Benedetto; Hugo Ancajima, Martín Pérez Guedes, Rodrigo Ureña, Horacio Calcaterra, Nelson Cabanillas; Edison Flores and Emanuel Herrera.
- Municipal: Steven Rivadeneyra; Jorge Toledo, Alberto Ampuero, Leonardo Rugel, Jair Céspedes; Daniel Cabrera, Christian Sánchez Flores; Matias Pérez García, Jhosep Núñez, Pablo Erustes; Facundo Rodríguez.
University vs. Municipal: where will the game be played?
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