Universitario de Deportes named a 20-player squad on the eve of its match against Comerciantes Unidos, and the list came with four absences that matter because the team can still move alone to the top of the Torneo Clausura. The match is set for 8:30 p.m. the next day, and the call-up gives a clear picture of who will be available for a game that could shape the standings.
The four players left out were Edison Flores, Jordan Guivin, Aldo Corzo and Bryan Reyna. Flores and Guivin had each appeared in two Clausura matches, while Corzo and Reyna had not yet entered in any. For a team trying to keep its momentum, that is not a minor detail; it trims the options just as the margin at the top can tighten in one night.
The names included in the tentative lineup point to the shape of the team that could start: Romero, Di Benedetto, Riveros, Fara, Inga, Requena, Polo, Concha, Quispe, Valera and Lapadula. In that version, Piero Quispe would come in for Adrián Quiroz and make his first match as a starter under Héctor Cúper, which is the kind of change that turns a squad note into a watch item for supporters. It is tentative, but the structure is plain enough: if used, it would be Quispe’s first start with Cúper in charge.
That leaves the story with a clear edge. Universitario is not just managing a roster for one Saturday night; it is trying to extend a winning run while carrying four absences into a match that could leave it alone at the top. If it wins, it will wait through the Sunday match between Deportivo Garcilaso and Atlético Grau knowing the table still belongs to it for at least one more day.
