University: Corzo’s replacement and what is known about the interest in Yuriel Celi

The ‘U’ was one of the first teams to set up and the first to start its preseason. 13 players left, including Nelinho Quina, Federico Alonso and Hernán Novick. And eleven reinforcements arrived such as Horacio Calcaterra, Emanuel Herrera, Rodrigo Ureña and Matías di Benedetto. That is to say, beyond the fact that José Carvallo and Aldo Corzo remained as dressing room leaders, there was a change in the head of the group.

“It has been a very hard job where I want to highlight the great work that Manuel Barreto has had because this has been planned between August and September. He has been managing profiles, characteristics, looking for variants in terms of tactical systems, depending on what he is talking about with the technical command. It has been a very big preparation”, commented Ferrari.

The creams, who will play Phase 1 of the Copa Sudamericana against Cienciano (Thursday, March 9, single match), have been reinforced in all their lines. Goalkeeper Alejandro Alcalá (2002 category) joined the first team as the third goalkeeper. The Argentine Matías di Benedetto will be the leader of the defense in which Marco Saravia and José Luján also arrived. José Bolívar (left back) and Hugo Ancajima (right back) will fight for the position on the wings. Ureña, Calcaterra and Pérez Guedes will be available for midfield. José Rivera is an option in attack. And Emanuel Herrera is the ‘9’ star. The former scorer from Cristal will seek to find the best form for him in a new step through Peruvian football.

the friendlies

So far, Universitario has played two preseason friendlies. In the first match, they beat San Martín 2-0 at Campo Mar with goals from José Rivera and Alexander Succar. The coach formed two teams for the match. In the first half, the eleven was made up of Carvallo, Ancajima, Saravia, Luján, Cabanillas, Guivin, Barco, Quispe, Pérez Guedes, Polo and Herrera. While, in the complementary stage, he formed with Romero, Corzo, Guzmán, Benedetto, Bolívar, Murrugarra, Calcaterra, Siucho, Urruti, Rivera and Succar.

The second friendly was against ADT and the result was not favorable: they lost 3-0. The coach put Carvallo, Ancajima, Guzmán, Di Benedetto, Juvenil, Murrugarra, Calcaterra, Quispe, Pérez Guedes, Rivera, Herrera in the first half. And in the complementary stage he formed with Alcalá, Navarro, Saravia, Luján, Bolívar, Barco, Guivin, Urruti, Sepúlveda, Siucho and Polo.

As Carlos Arrunategui, a journalist who follows the day-to-day of the merengue cast, told us, the ‘U’ has two more friendlies ahead of it prior to the ‘Noche Crema’ that will take place on January 7 and in which they will collide against Aucas from Ecuador . “On December 30 they will face San Martín once and on January 4 they will travel to Trujillo for the ‘Noche Poeta’ against César Vallejo,” he reported.

What happened to Aldo Corzo and who will replace him?

The friendly against ADT has not only been a headache for Compagnucci because of the result, but also because of what happened with Aldo Corzo. The right side suffered a fracture in the upper jaw and had to undergo surgery.

“The Corzo thing is for a month or a month and a half, depending on how it evolves. But there is a lot of confidence in the coaching staff of what Hugo Ancajima can give”, Arrunategui tells us. The winger who just comes from ADT has shown good performance in training, so there is no need for the club to go out and look for reinforcements in that position.

What is known about Bruno Sepúlveda, the last foreigner?

Argentine Bruno Sepúlveda will be the last foreigner the club will sign. The striker has been training with the first team although his hiring has not yet been made official. This is because he still has a contract with his club, Barracas Central. In fact, he had minutes in the friendly against ADT.

Sepúlveda will be the last foreigner, but not the last reinforcement. “In Universitario they are going to continue trying for Yuriel Celi,” the press man told us. Celi is a player that Compagnucci likes, which is why he has asked the sports management to exhaust all avenues to sign him.

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