Universitario and Alianza Lima will once again play a classic and after many years they will do it at the Monumental stadium, where the 'creams' will play at home and will have about 60 thousand people supporting. This colossus hosted these meetings on several occasions, with the “merenges” being the ones who were most often able to celebrate. The last time was in the framework of the Liga 1 2020.
In total they have played 14 matches on this stage located in Ate with eight wins for those now led by Álvaro Gutiérrez, four wins for the 'whites' and only two draws. In addition, the 'U' scored 16 goals, while the 'intimates' have 10 goals.
The last time they played in this venue was two years ago, with fans and before the COVID-19 pandemic. With goals from Aldo Corzo and Uruguayan Jhonathan Dos Santos, on March 8, 2020 Universitario won 2-0 for matchday six of Phase 1 of Liga 1. The coaches then were Gregorio Pérez and Pablo Bengoechea, and the latter decided to change course after the defeat and the bad time in the Copa Libertadores.
Now, both squads will meet at the Monumental de Ate stadium from 3:00 p.m. (Peruvian time) and will have 57,000 tickets enabled for local fans. The match, to be played within the framework of the tenth date of the 2022 League 1 Apertura Tournament, will be broadcast on the GOLPERU channel. The one in charge of delivering justice will be Kevin Ortega, who has already directed classics.
For this match, the 'creams' will have four casualties: Guillermo Larios, Rodrigo Vilca, Jorge Tandazo and Luis Urruti. While Alianza Lima will have the full roster, although more worn because it has been playing the domestic tournament and the Copa Libertadores.
APPROVED INSTRUMENTS AND FLAGS
Jean Ferrari, temporary administrator of Universitario de Deportes, revealed through his Twitter account that instruments and banners will be allowed in the Monumental stadium. “The party with music, great work of our security team led by Commander Carlos Peralta!” , he wrote accompanied by a photo of the resolution.
“Authorize the entry of the following objects to the Monumental stadium: 3 drums, 3 murgas, 1 chime, 1 drum, 2 left-handed people, 1 flag with the inscription 'Northern trenchera' and 01 flag with the inscription 'Yesterday, today and always Universitario a national feeling'”, can be read in the document.
JOSÉ SOTO TALKED ABOUT THE CLASSIC
Shortly after a new Peruvian football classic,a href="https://www.infobae.com/tag/jose-soto/" rel="noopener noreferrer" José 'Pepe' Soto emphasized that in this match it should be the starting point for the 'blue and white' to rebound in the standings. Remember that Alianza Lima comes from a victory in League 1 and rose to square 13 with eight points, but still a long way from the leaders.
“From a very young age they told us: 'anyone but the classic rival'. Sunday has to be the starting point and the players know it. By the head they know that it is a nice opportunity to reverse all this bad situation that they are going through. If you play a good game and you don't win, it's going to be more of the same. But if you win the game, playing well or not, people will thank you,” the coach said in an interview with GOLPERU.
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