With one foot more outside than inside Libertadores Cup 2023, Sporting Cristal He already thinks about his next rival: University of Sports. For their part, those led by Jorge Fossati are experiencing a great football moment, both in league 1 like in the South American Cupbecause they come from getting a valuable point against goiaswhich allowed them to be leaders of the Group G.
Last Friday, April 21, the student body returned to training in the afternoon, with the aim of preparing in the best way and arriving in optimal conditions for the most important duel of the day.
Those of Ate start with an advantage in the record of matches against the ‘celestial‘, since they accumulate 75 victories to their credit against 67 of the ‘rhymes’. However, this would not be an indicator for Glass because the last times they met were the ‘You meringues’ they have not achieved a victory.
Last season the ‘OR’ He was very close to becoming the winner of the Closing Tournament and play the final of the Peruvian championship after nine years. However, this did not come to fruition because instead of adding three against those from Rímac, they could only get a draw, a result that left them out of the race.
Sporting Cristal does not know what a defeat is against academic for more than four years. The last time the cast ‘cream’ managed to beat them was on October 30, 2018 with goals from alberto quintero and German Denis.
The Panamanian attacker made it 1-1 after the initial goal by Marcos Lopez. Minutes later, the ‘tank’ denis would be in charge of giving victory to the ‘creams’ from 12 steps, sealing a comeback and obtaining three key points.
This victory meant a lot to University of Sports, which at that time was in the fight not to lose the category. While, Sporting Cristal it was proclaimed champion and won the national title again, being the most winning team in Peruvian soccer in the last 10 years.
In the 2019 season, both teams met twice and in none of them could differences be drawn. The first match ended 0-0 and the second 1-1. By 2020, they tied 2-2 the first time they met, after that, Glass was reunited with the victory against the ‘You meringues’ for the minimum
In the game for the final of the 2020 season, the squad ‘sky blue’ he took the victory and became champion after a tight 3-2 overall (2-1 and 1-1). In 2021, the results were the same: a draw at two and a new victory ‘underpontine’.
A year later, the score was again equalized by 1-1 and 0-0, respectively. In the current season, it is expected that one of the teams will seek to end this losing streak, even more so academicwho cannot celebrate before Glass for more than four years. There is no doubt that both ‘creams’ as ‘rhymes’ They promise a high intensity match.
Emmanuel Herrera and Horace Calcaterraplayers who reached University of Sports to face the 2023 season, they know very well who they will face next Monday, April 24 on the 13th date of the Opening Tournament from 8:30 p.m. at the facilities of the monumental stadium of Ate.
They both wore the jersey ‘sky blue’ For several years, the striker did it in 2018, 2019 and 2020, becoming the top scorer in the local tournament. While the midfielder, who had the opportunity to lead the team by wearing the captain’s ribbon, did the same from 2013 to 2022.
