Flores, Valera, Dorregaray, Olivares and their dream night: the UnoxUno of the 6-0 of the U over Comerciantes that restores their hope

Pérez Guedes continues on a roll and scores the great goal of the night; Flores, Valera for two, Dorregaray and Olivares finally settle scores in front of the goal, but the figure on the field, of the centenary year, of this April that is leaving after 7 games in a row is him. At 100 kilometers per hour, galloping through the lower east or flattening from the west, Andy Polo gave us another display of his best level: 4 assists in the 6-0 of academic on United Traders. The momentary leadership in League 1 I bet you with 33 points waiting for today’s Cristal vs Vallejo is a caress to the pride beaten in the cup defeat in Brazil.

The cream win is the best in the 21st century, surpassing the 5-0 over Unión Huaral (2006), Cienciano 2011) and Deportivo Municipal (2020). In addition, it was a night for the Universitario offensive line to score for the first time all at once in 2024. With Tunche Rivera (3 goals) out due to injury, now everyone has at least one score in League 1 I bet: Valera (5), Dorregaray (4), Flores (3) and Olivares (1).

Before the match, the ‘U’ had a goal difference of +14: 18 goals for and 4 against. Now, the 2024 Apertura Tournament will wake up leader with +20 in the standings: 24 in favor, 4 against. In 13 games played, Fabián Bustos’s team has not conceded goals playing at home and has registered a record of 24 consecutive games (256 days) without defeats in League 1.

In this campaign, the ‘U’ has reaffirmed the defensive power that made it champion last year. After conceding only 4 goals in the local tournament, they had to sharpen their attacking aim. The Copa Libertadores defeat against Botafogo hurt Merengue pride and made Comerciantes Unidos pay the price.

At 4′, Pérez Guedes made it 1-0 with a beautiful left foot shot. Before 8′, Edison Flores scored the second, showing that the rival defense would have a night of terror. Alex Valera took advantage between 21′ and 23′ to close a dream first half with a 4-0 lead. In the complementary game, the revolutions rose again at 84′ with a header from Diego Dorregaray and at 90+3′ with a right hand from Christopher Olivares.

The impenetrable defense

There is no close record that competes with this statistic: in 2024 the ‘U’ adds 540 minutes without conceding goals in the Monumental for League 1 I bet you. On the visit, only Garcilaso, Sport Boys and Unión Comercio scored against him. Not only do they fail to score against the creams, but it is difficult for them to generate any clear scoring chances.

Sebastián Britos has managed almost immediately to ensure that the fans do not miss José Carvallo. He had generated some doubts in the preseason, but his few and timely interventions show that he is a high-level goalkeeper. So far, in the best signing of the 2024 season.

The history books, in a few years, will do better justice to the defensive line of captain Aldo Corzo and the warriors Williams Riveros and Matías Di Benedetto. Social networks can generate silly comparisons, however, what they demonstrate match by match is extraordinary solidity. Furthermore, when they join the attack they are a weapon in Bustos’ strategy in the rival area.

The clock and the times

The night at the Monumental was so fast-paced, it smelled so much like a goal, that Rodrigo Ureña brought out his best football from the galley and arrived in front of goalkeeper Diego Campos dribbling purple shirts. The Chilean almost scored against Comerciantes, which Martín Pérez Guedes could have done. The Peruvian citizen had just scored a double against Unión Comercio and yesterday he led the way with a wonderful left foot shot that slipped into the corner.

The other midfielder in debt, let’s say, is Jairo Concha who, however, already has 5 assists, 4 of them in the last three games counting Copa Libertadores and League 1.

The one who returned to the title with his doubts and bad clearances was Nelson Cabanillas. It was his first game since the beginning of the year and, although he did not do badly, the position has the name of Second Portocarrero registered. The Ecuadorian was out due to an illness and is expected to recover soon.

On Andy Polo’s side everything was lights and shine. Getting four assists in a single game is also a statistic that has not been seen in Universitario for decades.

Finally the goal

Oreja Flores runs to the east and celebrates full of emotion. Alex Valera kisses the shield, thanks the sky, he can finally feel like the scorer of the centenary with his first double of the year. Diego Dorregaray steps on the passers, but he has already shown that his best assets are in the aerial game. The other excited one is Christopher Olivares after scoring his second goal in the same week (he scored the injury time in Brazil against Botafogo).

“It makes me happy that the forwards score goals because they live off the goal and that today Christopher scored for the second consecutive game, also that Dorregaray scored, that Alex scored 2 goals and also that ‘Orejas’ scored. Polo is a player with a very high level and today he had an extraordinary game,” said Fabián Bustos in the conference after the win.

Just days before the month of May begins, Universitario will have another major challenge. Play 7 games again in less than 30 days to achieve their first semester goals: win the Apertura and advance to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores.