Alianza Lima played a friendly match with Alfonso Ugarte on rest for Liga 1 2022

Alianza Lima is the current champion of Liga 1, however, his actuality is not reflected in that superiority and, at this start of the local tournament, he has not had the best time. In that sense and with the slogan of correcting the errors, the 'Victorian' cast played a friendly match against Alfonso Ugarte this Thursday, March 17 at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium, taking advantage of the fact that they will rest this coming date.

Coach Carlos Bustos is aware that his team is not going through a great time and this will help him to fine-tune details. Now, as for the duel with the provincial cast, they played a match. In the first half he sent a lineup mixing players who alternated little with several starters: the third goalkeeper, Franco Saravia, stood under the three suits in the absence of Angelo Campos in the national team Peruvian. Unlike other occasions, this time he lined up a four-player defense: Renato Rojas was the right-back and Sebastián Cavero played as a left-back. The defenders were Carlos Montoya and Jefferson Portales, who had an injury in the tournament debut against Atlético Grau and missed the following matches. However, his presence would increase with the running of the league, as he was an undisputed starter and key in the achievement of last year's title. On the midfield, Bustos decided to play with three flyers: Oswaldo Valenzuela, Miguel Cornejo and Colombia's Arley Rodríguez. While the attack consisted of the following trident: Ecuadorian Darlin Leiton, Uruguayan Pablo Lavandeira and Wilmer Aguirre. The latter played higher but with constant mobility throughout that area of the field.

In this first half with the cast of Puno he was tied without goals. However, for the second half, the Argentine coach made modifications. The youthful Angel de la Cruz replaced Franco Savaria in the arc. Meanwhile, the line of four in defense remained, but the actors changed with the income of Oslimg Mora and Ricardo Lagos to the right and left backs, respectively. While Pablo Miguez and Yordi Vilchez were the central defenders. In the steering wheel, there were also changes: Aldair Fuentes entered the field, as did Paraguayan Edgar Benitez. Pablo Lavandeira, who started in the first match as an attacker, did so as a midfielder in this second match. Now, as for the strikers, Oscar Pinto, Cristian Benavente played on the sides, leaving Argentina's Hernán Barcos as a center forward. This time, the result was favorable for the 'intimates', as they won 1-0 with a goal from 'Pájaro' Benitez.

The duel that was played in Matute served him for both teams. The 'rojiblanco' team will face Liga 2 this season after being runner-up in the 2021 Peru Cup, which was left to ADT. Those led by Javier Arce have among their ranks several players who had an important step through the First Division such as Adán Balbin, Junior Ross, Mario Velarde, Sandro Rengifo, among others who will seek promotion to Liga 1 by 2023.

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For its part, this triumph in the friendly match serves Alianza Lima in the face of a better performance of the team in the coming dates. And it is that so far in the local tournament, 6 dates have passed, in which he won only 1 match, drew twice and lost on 3 others. In that sense, they are placed in the fourteenth position in League 1. Although on this coming day they will rest, on the next date they will visit Sport Huancayo in 'La Incontrastable', one of the strongest teams in this start.

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Alianza Lima will have another friendly match and it will be this Saturday, March 19 against Alianza Universidad de Huánuco on the same stage as Matute.

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