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Against Goias from Brazil, Uruguayan coach Jorge Fossati repeated the offensive duo that gave goals and football to Universitario de Deportes against Cesar Vallejo at the Monumental on Friday: Alex Valera, author of a hat trick, and Emanuel Herrera, who increased the score with a powerful shot after a header from the Chiclayo striker. It was very clear that the 'Flaco' aimed to find the goal in the first half of the game, and rethink after coming back from the locker rooms; however, the tactical plan that worked against the 'poets' did not work against the Brazilians in their stronghold. Furthermore, the clearest opportunity for Alex Valera to score was the cross for the goal that was disallowed by VAR for his teammate Martin Perez Guedes.
Controversial offside position of number '20' of the 'cremas' before a play that ended up in the back of the net. What did Alex Valera say after landing in Lima? "If they disallowed both goals, it was for a reason, that is out of our hands," said the forward to Depor. It seems that the player learned his lesson and avoided commenting on a referee, he bit his tongue and did not let himself be carried away by his impulses, as happened when he was sent off and insulted Peruvian referee Edwin Ordonez.
However, he turned the page and focused on what is left to be played, the next matches of the crema team in the Copa Sudamericana. "Now we must focus on what comes next. There are two games left, there is not much difference in the standings. Everything will be defined on the last matchday (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), on June 28th," he said.
Martín Pérez Guedes, the engine of the Flaco's midfield, was left wanting to celebrate his first goal with the 'U' in the Copa Sudamericana. Unfortunately for his interests, those of the crema universe and Peruvian football, his goal was disallowed by VAR for an offside position by Alex Valera, the author of the cross into the heart of the area. "These are things of football, you have to adapt to VAR, that's why it exists," said the Argentine briefly after returning from Brazil empty-handed.
Immediately after, the midfielder asked to keep rowing to qualify for the round of 16 in the Copa Sudamericana. "We have to keep going," he added. Alongside Chilean Rodrigo Ureña and Argentine-Peruvian Horacio Calcaterra, they have formed a trident that dominates the field and multiplies efforts in marking and generating football.
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