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On the eve of Halloween, the ‘Pirate’ costume is one of the best sellers. But Hernan Barcos you don’t need any disguise to be. The Argentine striker already won gold last season with Lima Alliance and now he’s pretty close to repeating the plate with his goals, essentially. Although an injury could deprive him of decisive duels.
On the closing date of the Clausura, at the Matute, Barcos was in charge of opening the scoring to lead his team to victory. With that, The 38-year-old crack reached 18 goals this season and was only one away from reaching Luis Benites (Sport Huancayo)current top scorer in the championship.
Opportunities had plenty to achieve this Sunday. In fact, Hernán wasted several very clear chances in the first half of the match against ADT. He even went toe-to-toe with the rival goalkeeper more than once, but fortune was not on his side.
Unfortunately, the Argentine was injured in the match in one of those plays he had to score and was forced to leave the field of play in pain on a stretcher in the 40th minute. It is expected, from the entire Alliance environment, that it will not be anything serious, since his presence is essential for the challenges that lie ahead.
In fact, if he can play the direct final – to maintain the leadership of the Clausura -, the Argentine will have a high chance of becoming the true scorer of the local tournament. He has two duels ahead of him (round trip) in the definition of the national title and, if he scores, he could beat Benites without much trouble.
Already last season, Barcos had been two goals behind the scorers Luis Iberico and Felipe Rodríguez. The Argentine scored 10 goals, one of them in the final against Cristal. His thorn was narrowly stuck. But now he only has a somewhat disadvantage compared to the Sport Huancayo striker in this 2022, which -without a doubt- excites him for the rest.
Surely the ‘9’ of the Alliance will do everything possible to recover, be present in the definition of the title and thus fight to get his first recognition as a scorer in the national championship. He deserves it more than anyone. He has earned it by hand.
Source: Elcomercio
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