Alianza Lima: How should Alianza play to trace the final to Melgar?

The defensive wall alliance he failed to keep zero in Arequipa and will have to play at home, in Matute, all to achieve the League 1 title. In the UNSA the intimates fell 1-0 and they will have to play the comeback for the Bichampionship.

The defensive Alianza will be useful in Matute, but on Saturday what the Blue and Whites need is to make a difference of two goals to celebrate. If not, it will be Melgar who wins the local title.

He has Alliance weapons. The first thing is that he has to prevent Melgar from marking Matute. Let what Cristal suffered not happen to him -he received two counterattack goals-, and for this the defensive approach of the Blue and Whites is vital.

With Chicho Salas at the helm, Alianza conceded goals in four of the 10 games they have managed, including yesterday’s. But only Vallejo could score to beat him 3-2. Then they were in the 2-1 against Stein, the 4-1 against Municipal and the duel this Wednesday.

But what Alianza needs is to make two goals difference over Melgar. In Arequipa it has already shown that it can be dangerous for the characata defense. He generated at least a couple of clear chances with Lavanderia and Concha, in addition to the two shots by Barcos that could have ended up between the nets.

“Alianza should not make big changes other than what the presence of Arley Rodríguez should mean, which gives the team breadth,” Julio Travesaño, a journalist from TV Peru, tells us, since he considers that the Colombian gives him that vertigo that intimates need. . “Alianza has the weapons to, at a minimum, match the series. He must recover the finesse in front of the goal and maintain defensive solidity to keep the goal at zero ”, he sentences.

The results

Repeating the formula of the games directed by Salas, in six he achieved the result that would make him champion (more than two goals ahead). Only Stein (2-1), and Ayacucho (1-0) were minimal results.

Precisely, one of those victories with a difference of two goals was against Melgar, a match in which he scored in the 5th and 6th minute of the game, defining the match just started. He then he controlled the game at will.

“What Alianza Lima has to do is go get the match from the first minute, pressing Melgar’s first line of defense, since under pressure they end up making many mistakes, it happened against Independiente del Valle in the semifinals, where they were pressured and they made mistake after mistake,” Sebastián Pantoja, sports journalist and soccer analyst, tells us.

For Sebastián, Alianza could take advantage of the return of Arley Rodríguez, not only to cover the entire right area, but also to complicate the Arequipa center-backs Deneumostier and Galeno, who are not as fast in heads-up play.

“Put Wilmer Aguirre on the list. Put together a list with more experienced attacking players,” journalist Alfredo Ccasa tells us. The press man was surprised by the presence of Darlin Leiton, instead of “Zorrito” and questions the presence of Jefferson Farfán. Alfredo considers that Alianza could play with two strikers, because Melgar will come out to defend the result. “I could go to Zorrito for Aldair and Arley for Valenzuela,” he adds.

to the bow

He has to finish off the Alianza bow. Throughout the year, Alianza has an average of 11.9 shots per game, but of that average only 5 are direct on goal. In total, he has an average of 1.6 goals per game, a figure that he has increased in recent games after the four goals against Muni and five against San Martín.

With his people, Alianza will seek to turn history around. In 2018 he had no option against a superior Cristal. In 2019 against Binacional he fell 4-1 in the first leg and in Matute he was one goal away in the feat, while in 2021 he had to defend the advantage of the first leg against Cristal. Now it’s your turn to write a new story.

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