Universitario and Nacional met on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in a Copa Libertadores 2026 group-stage match that was set for 7:00 p.m. at Estadio Gran Parque Central in Uruguay. Fans in Argentina, Peru and Uruguay had multiple legal options to watch the game live, while the broadcast also drew attention because Fútbol Libre TV was identified as a pirated signal.
CONMEBOL’s programming listed and FOX Sports as the rights holders for the match, and Disney Plus also streamed it on its platform. In Argentina, viewers could follow the game on through cable operators or on the Premium version of Disney Plus, while FOX Sports also held the rights there. In Peru, the match was available on through DIRECTV, Movistar TV, Claro TV and WIN TV, as well as on Disney Plus. In Uruguay, carried the game through cable operators or the Premium version of Disney Plus.
The kickoff time was 7:00 p.m. in Uruguay and the same hour in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, giving the match a shared prime-time slot across much of the region. That made the fixture easier to follow live for supporters in several countries, especially with the game scheduled to begin at the same time on all those clocks.
The matchup was part of the Copa Libertadores 2026 and was the date 5 match of the group stage, which gave it added weight in the race to advance. The presence of several legal broadcasters also underlined how widely distributed the game was, but the warning about Fútbol Libre TV made clear that not every stream carrying the match was authorized.
For supporters trying to watch Junior - Sporting Cristal and other Libertadores action the same way, the message was straightforward: the legal window ran through, FOX Sports and Disney Plus, depending on the country and provider, and the pirated signal came with its own risk.
