Universitario played Comisionados Unidos at Estadio Monumental on 6 September in the Clausura stage of the First Division, and the match ended 2-2 after a late penalty drama that kept both sides level.
The hosts took the lead through Jhon Sánchez in the forty-fourth minute, and it looked as though they might hold every card. Comisionados United responded quickly: César Inga equalised in the fiftieth, then Flavio Alcedo put them ahead just three minutes later. And here's the thing about that sequence — the visitors turned a half-chance into a lead without much pressure behind it.
Universitario pushed back and Gianluca Lapadula won a dangerous free-kick that led to the first VAR penalty for Alex Valera in the eighty-first minute. He converted to level things again, but then Josuee Herrera had a penalty cancelled in the eighty-fifth, which was a sharp turn that left everyone on the edge. By then the game had gone beyond tactics and into something rawer.
The statistics tell a story of possession without penetration. Universitario had 54 per cent of the ball and 104 attacks, yet only created two big chances — the same number as the visitors on 68 attacks. The hosts registered five shots on target against three off target, while Comisionados Unidos were more efficient with 0.63 accuracy.
What this result means is straightforward: Universitario remain second on 46 points after 25 games, while Comisionados Unidos stay eleventh on 30. Both sides had their moments, but neither could find the killer edge when it mattered most. The table goes out of the window in these games, as they say, and tonight proved it.