Rafael Guarderas returned to Universitario de Deportes and has a clear objective for the rest of the Liga 1, the team wants to win the title at the end of the year and they are already training to achieve it.
In a press conference, after the team's practice in Ate, the midfielder from Universitario stated that there are tough rivals in the Liga 1 but he trusts in his team's ability to win the 27th star.
"The goal of 'U' is to fight for the championship. We know that there are tougher rivals. This year Binacional was the surprise and this team joined the competition, but we will go against everyone," said Guarderas.
Universitario de Deportes will debut in the Clausura Tournament on Saturday, July 13th at 8:00 p.m. at the Monumental, against Unión Comercio.
It is worth noting that the team is currently in 12th place in the Apertura Tournament standings, 13 points behind the leader, Binacional. Therefore, they will have to give their all in the second half of the year if they want to win the title.
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