Melgar rescues a tie against UTC in the last minutes of the match corresponding to the ninth round of the Clausura Tournament, and currently sits in third place on the table with 18 points. The 'rojinegros' would be waiting for one of the teams ahead to have a setback, to take over the first place.
One of the elements that joined the 'Dominó' and has been having a great participation with the Arequipa team is the forward Pablo Lavandeira, who after the match, took the word and spoke about the draw achieved against UTC, where he also recognized and highlighted the opponent's play.
In addition, he regretted the loss of the two key points they lost in the Clausura. "Individual numbers are anecdotal; we are in search of a group objective. Unfortunately, today the game looked uphill for us, then they find the goal and we could not take the three points, but we faced a great rival who is in need of points", said Lavandeira.
Lavandeira aims to win the Clausura Tournament
The goal scorer also took the opportunity to refer to the conquest for the second half of the Liga 1. In this way, he seems to have forgotten about his former team. "We are going for the Clausura; we know that we have to take it game by game. Today we left two points that were fundamental for the title, but we are going to fight until the end".
Pablo refers to Paolo Reyna's injury
"I hope Reyna's injury is not serious, hopefully it's just a scare. Obviously, Paolo Reyna didn't come out well; we have to wait for the medical report, but we are here to support him and hopefully he can be with us soon", he concluded.