“If I look at the board, Cristal wins. But if I think about history, the Apertura belongs to the ‘U’” | OPINION

However, the favorite is Cristal. I can imagine the U beating Los Chankas in the Monumental by four goals, or even more, but I can’t imagine Cristal tying with Comerciantes Unidos in Cajabamba, a place where they already won before.

As in any decisive instance, offensive performance will be crucial, and in that item the advantage is largely celestial. The Rimenses have the record for goals in the championship (forty-three, ten more than the second, Melgar), on the other hand, Universitario’s attack, at least in recent weeks, has worked thanks to its midfielders more than its forwards (who do not score since April 29). Someone could argue that the U has the best defense, and it is true, by far, but this Saturday it is time to be effective in the front area, not on one’s own field.

If winning the tournament ends up being decided by goal difference in favor of Enderson Moreira’s team, it will also be a managerial triumph for Cristal: it was much more business to acquire the Uruguayan Cauteruccio, who had just performed in Argentina and has been lethal in an environment like ours, than having hired the Argentine Dorregaray, who had just played in Cyprus and who in sixteen games has only scored four times, a far cry from the almost twenty celebrations that the team has Killer brewer. Both must earn around $25,000 per month?, but there is no comparison between their profitability rates.

Anyway, like any fan, I keep hope intact. This is football, not the geometry of space, and we already know that in an outcome like this weekend’s context, power, banking and strategy intervene, but also the drive, the fortune, the past of each shirt. If I look at the board, Cristal wins. But if I think about history, the Cup belongs to the U.

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