Alianza Lima, the team that was resurrected and today is the two-time champion of Peru | CHRONICLE

Every Alliance member knows where he was on November 28, 2020, the day the heart of the blue and white people stopped. The pain was so great that when it was determined that Alianza would stay in First Division, .

But also going to the provinces, traveling with a sore back, collecting money, walking blocks and then not knowing how to return to Lima. Anyone who has experienced it knows what it is to come home hoarse with joy.

‘Chicho Salas’ understands it perfectly. He understands many things the truth. He showed in this key against Melgar that he is not just the uncontrollable coach who gets on the field to shout the goals, because he still feels like a footballer. Let no one underestimate the first Peruvian coach to win Alianza champion after ‘Chueco’ Marcos Calderón.

Let no one underestimate Yordi Vílchez either, the defender who arrived to play Second, the one who did not complain every time he was put on the wing, the one with the involuntary own goal and the one with the hairstyle that opened the red and black lock and calmed our nerves for a while . Let no one look down on Ángelo Campos ever again. He is no longer the goalie marked by a cartoon save. He is fantastic and dwells among us. And fortunately for us, he protects the Victorian arch.

A Hernan Boats, who played bruised, the blue and whites have to find some new way to thank him. In a couple of years he has had more gestures of solidarity than a couple of entire generations. He was not the figure in the final, but he was the best in the championship. On the grass, and off it.

laundryThank you for infecting your baby with alliances, who knows the whole songbook from ‘pe’ to ‘pa’. Your header goal is the crown of a year where you did everything right. Palmas also for Melgar, a worthy rival who, surely, would have arrived with more legs if the ‘geniuses’ organized the tournament better. ‘Domino’ made us feel less embarrassed this year at an international level, but it has also taught us a way.

To Míguez, thank you for that enormous courage that makes up for your shortcomings; to Lagos, believe it more next year to see how far you take off: to Peruzzi, thanks for getting off the plane to play and not seeing our stupid faces, as happened with foreigners in other clubs; to Ballón, the silent leader, stay for every liter of sweat; to Concha, don’t become the new “if you wanted to”, you have more; to Aldair Rodríguez, the worker without a goal, you are already in history; to Arley, I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, but now you have something to tell your grandchildren in Colombia; to ‘Zorrito’ Aguirre, the legendary ‘Zorrito’, justice was done with you; and, finally, to ‘Foquita’ Farfán, the idol that doesn’t give more, thanks for everything, but respect yourself.

To those who were with the team enjoy. That’s the way. In the bad and in the good.