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Bad news around University of Sports. Last Wednesday, Fabián Bustos’ team lost 3-1 against Botafogo, on date 3 of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, and lost the undefeated record of 25 games (for now the meringues register four points and remain in the race in the international tournament). But it is not the only blow they suffered in the merengue club: in the last hours it was confirmed that the injury of Christopher Gonzales It is more complicated than initially thought.
As Depor learned, the tear he suffered will require -at least- a month and a half more time, which means that the national midfielder will not be able to be used by Fabián Bustos in the remainder of the Apertura Tournament and, of course , in the group stage of the 2024 Copa Libertadores.
And Christofer Gonzales will have to go through a long recovery, the same one that would cause him to be fit again to have official activity with Universitario de Deportes in mid-June. It should be noted that ‘Canchita’ did not finish the duel against LDU de Quito in the international competition (he was substituted 41 minutes into the first half), which caused him to begin a long period of recovery.
Since Christofer Gonzales returned to Universitario de Deportes after his recent time at Al Adalah of Saudi Arabia, he has played 10 games, nine of them for Liga 1 Te Apuesta and one for the Copa Libertadores. Unfortunately for the interests of the students, the 31-year-old midfielder has not yet performed as expected and is in debt.
The DT’s word
At the end of the match against Botafogo, the merengue coach, Fabián Bustos, gave a press conference and referred to the defeat that the team suffered at the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium. “We were not fine, the field was very complicated, it is not an excuse but it is very difficult because it is very fast, it is synthetic and it is another football to play on fields like these but it is not an excuse,” said the coach.
Likewise, he made an analysis of what happened on the playing field. “In the first half they had possession, we had some approaches, we had no surprises in the first half, they did not create clear clearties for us, I don’t remember any. In the second half we started very badly, unfocused, several mistakes in a row that led to their goals and it became uphill,” he declared.
The University agenda
The next game for Universitario de Deportes will be against Comerciantes Unidos at the Monumental, for matchday 13 of the Apertura 2024 Tournament of League 1. This match is scheduled to be played on Sunday, April 28 from 8:00 pm (Peruvian and Colombian time ). The duel can be seen through the GOLPERU signals.
Later, on date 14 of the Apertura Tournament, the merengue team will visit ADT at the Unión Tarma stadium. This duel is scheduled to be played on Friday, May 3 from 3:0 in the afternoon (Peruvian time) and will be broadcast by the Liga 1 MAX signal, by DirecTV, Claro TV and Best Cable.
In relation to the Copa Libertadores, Universitario de Deportes will be active again on Wednesday, May 7, the date on which it will receive Junior de Barranquilla, at the Monumental stadium (from 9 pm), for the fourth day of the phase of groups from the international competition.
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