Alex Valera after Universitario's draw against Sport Boys: “We are going very upset. We have to change the chip”

Universitario de Deportes could not respect the locality and drew 1 to 1 against Sport Boys in a match that was played on the 11th date of the Tournament Opening of the Liga 1 2022. Without a doubt, a result that takes the 'creams' away from the top places in the slogan of fighting for the title. In that sense, Alex Valera was angry at this score and acknowledged that he did not find an answer.

“The truth is that I'm going upset. We wanted to get the 3 points, they put us in the lead, but unfortunately the result was not given. What else can I say? Just forget this match and focus on what we have next week, to get as many points as we can. There is nothing left to say, the fans are upset, so are we”, said the striker in statements after the match for GOLPERU.

NO ANSWERS TO THE TIE

In the same way, he was surprised by the draw that the 'porteño' painting drew in the face of the superiority that the 'merengue' cast had been implanting after breaking the initial parity. “I don't know what happened. It was a game that we had practically well, playing and everything but that's football. Now they got us a draw and the truth is that we are going to retreat upset,” he said.

Valera was the author of the goal for the Ate entity, but this was overshadowed by the annotation of those directed by Juan Alayo. Precisely, the attacker felt frustration at not winning the victory, especially after the last rout they received at home against Alianza Lima. “We needed this triumph because of everything we had been going through, but we have to work, we have no other choice,” he said.

NEXT MATCH

Finally, he made it clear that against Atlético Grau on the next date they will have to correct the mistakes to redirect their course in the local tournament and get into that fight. “Atletico Grau in Piura. We have to change chips quickly because it's not working for us and we just have to focus on the next game,” he said.

And it is that the 'crema' squad needed to get a positive result after being defeated by 4-1 against Alianza Lima in the Peruvian football classic. This result forced them to win against Sport Boys and with their fans at the Monumental Stadium. As an opportunity for revenge against the previously mentioned and to bring the team down.

In fact, at the beginning of the meeting, the locals divided the actions with the 'porteño' cast. However, they had great chances to open the scoreboard and were more likely to create danger. This is how in that first half they were tied 0 to 0.

Everything changed in the second half, as the team led by Jorge Araujo woke up and advanced their lines to break parity. In that sense, Alex Valera himself was in charge of scoring the first goal of the match after anticipating the rival goalkeeper, Patricio Álvarez, after a free kick taken by Iván Santillán. From there, superiority was evident.

However, the visit took advantage of an oversight of the 'student' lag to get into the match with the scoring of Jostin Alarcón, who converted with the left-handed after being left alone in a rebound that remained in the area of the locals.

Obviously, this was a hard blow and that takes them away from the squad of teams that make up the first places. At the moment, they dropped to eighth place and are relegated with 17 points. Although the fact that there are still 8 dates to be played gives them a certain mathematical possibility of continuing in the fight for the Apertura.

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