Álvaro Gutiérrez will not continue in University of Sports following falling 4-1 once morest Alianza Lima in the latest edition of the Peruvian soccer classic. El Comercio was able to confirm that the board of directors of the cream team made the decision following an irregular start to the sports year: eliminated from the Copa Libertadores, five points behind the leader of the Apertura Tournament and beaten by the classic rival last weekend.
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Universitario de Deportes was set up in 2022 with the intention of fighting both locally and internationally. However, he might not count on the ideal coach from the beginning, since Gregorio Pérez had to leave the cream institution. The directors chose Álvaro Gutiérrez for the position, but the results did not support the project of the 53-year-old Uruguayan strategist.
The cream team might not overcome Phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores and was eliminated following losing in both games once morest Barcelona from Ecuador. With this, the first objective was not achieved: to qualify for the group stage of the continental competition.
With this accomplished, the students signed up for the local tournament. For this, they incorporated players at the end of the transfer market: Rodrigo Vilca and the controversial hiring of Andy Polo. However, this did not change the landscape too much, since they did not achieve the necessary results to reach the vanguard positions of the Torneo Apertura de Liga 1.
The result that ended the entire project occurred last Sunday, when Alianza Lima thrashed Universitario with goals from Jairo Concha (2), Arley Rodríguez and Hernán Barcos at the Monumental Stadium in Ate.