Fabrizio Roca is the football player of the moment in the Clausura Tournament because he has entered the list of top scorers in the national championship, a performance that has even led him to be called up for the Peruvian national team by Juan Reynoso.

However, this good moment that he is having in Sport Boys could have changed some time ago as the forward confessed that he was close to being able to defend the Universitario de Deportes shirt.

This revelation was made through a recent interview, in which he revealed that he had already been admitted to the merengue institution in 2022 but was going to be part of the reserve team. However, Roca explained that the only thing he asked in return was for his travel expenses to be covered, something that 'U' accepted.

Despite this, Fabrizio mentioned that the days went by and there was no response from the crema team, so that is when Professor Germán Pinillos appeared and took him to Sport Boys from Callao.

"What happened is that they took me to Universitario de Deportes and told me that I was going to stay in the reserve team. Since I was already 20 years old, it was too far for me to go to VIDU and the only thing I proposed was that they support me with the travel expenses. They said yes, they were going to cover it, but well, they never followed up with me, they delayed and that's when Professor Germán 'Machi' Pinillos called me and took me to Sport Boys," he said in DSports.

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Finally, Fabrizio Roca revealed that Germán Pinillos told him that at Sport Boys he would have a minimum contract and that he would play in the first team but also in the reserve team, and that made him decide to wear the pink shirt.

"'Machi' told me that I would have a minimum contract, that I would play in the first team and also in the reserve team. Professor 'Machi' Pinillos and Italo Manzo are the ones who took me to Sport Boys. The one who had already told me is the head of scouting, Mario del Río," he concluded.