“It is not a setback”: What will cause the arrival of Carlos Zambrano to Peruvian football? | POLL

1. What will the arrival of Carlos Zambrano cause to Peruvian soccer?
2. Is it a smart decision at 33 years old? At that age you can no longer talk about going backwards?
3. How far can Alianza Lima go with this squad in the Copa Libertadores?
4. What virtues and what defects do you see in the Vílchez-Zambrano duo?

Claudio Chaparro, sports journalist

1. Carlos Zambrano is a hierarchy player. It never happens that someone from the first team of Boca Juniors joins Peruvian football. Without a doubt, he is a reinforcement of a proven level and that he would have to mark efficiency not only in the local tournament but also in the Copa Libertadores. That, understanding that he comes to continue competing and not just to “spend” a few years until his retirement.
2. Zambrano played in Europe, in Qualifiers and in a great one in South America. At 33 years old he to Europe he will not return. He could have gone to MLS or Mexico, but everything indicates that he already wanted to come back and play here. Every decision is respected. It cannot be seen as a setback if he considers that he has already saved the economy and comes to continue competing with the idea of ​​winning things in Alianza. If so, he doesn’t have to talk about going backwards, it’s his decision in the mature stage of his career.
3. With Alianza that is always a mystery. The leaders in Alianza, historically, have been satisfied with winning titles at home. And that, like it or not, had an echo on the campus, with few exceptions. It goes through a matter of mentality. To forget about “he who has not suffered is not a blue and white”, because that has served to accept defeats and humiliating campaigns as if it were his destiny. With this squad Alianza can compete, but for that Chicho Salas must put together a team and give them a slogan. Changing mentality in Matute is essential.
4. Vílchez has projection. Zambrano, experience. The issue is how they could complement each other. Zambrano comes out well, he has a good first pass and a strong mark. Vílchez is applied to mark and fast in crosses and relays. If they are coupled, it can give results. That will only be given by the work time and the delivery on target.

Martin Roldan, writer

1. I don’t know if it’s Peruvian soccer, but if I reached Alianza it would contribute to giving personality and temperament to the saga.
2. More than an intelligent decision, it is an acknowledgment that the race is already taking a downward curve. And that the time of the farewell, hopefully in several years, has to be in the best way with the shirt he feels.
3. Playing the Cup always brings expectations, but the Alliance members are aware of how difficult it is to play it and that each of the steps that can be taken will be welcome. We do not forget that we start from below.
4. They still don’t play together, but you can glimpse more solidity in the blue and white defense. The defects? I hope they don’t show up.

Fernando Tuesta, political scientist

1. Carlos Zambrano is a defender with a lot of experience. He has certainly had ups and downs in the clubs where he has played, but there is great expectation among the blue and white fans.
2. Some enter their sports career decline sooner or later. It is not a setback. It is the path that footballers travel in various parts of the world. It is still rare by the Peruvian standard.
3. Let’s see if it is completed with Zambrano himself. It is certainly a challenge. You can see good hires, but the fundamental thing comes: putting together a team. Build it. Alianza Lima himself in 2020, having the figures he had, was last. Let’s see the hand of Chicho Salas. With this team we believe that we will at least pass the first stage of the Copa Libertadores.
4. Vílchez has managed to establish himself as one of the best defenders in local football. It would be necessary to see how they manage to establish themselves, complement themselves with Zambrano. Vílchez is not young, but he is younger. Zambrano’s experience and Vílchez’s ability to react can be useful. He is a defense that would have Míguez as an alternative. It will depend on the type of game proposed by Chicho Salas. Building a team is the most important thing above all else.

Carlos Univazo, sports journalist

1. I don’t know if in Peruvian soccer, but in Alianza Lima a great expectation. He must be one of the players that will arouse the most expectations, because he is an international player. He comes from Mouth. He has been moderately current. He hits 33, which is a decent age to come back and not surprise anyone negatively. He is part of a wave of players coming from Argentina to the most important teams in Peru, which is related to the crisis in Argentina. I think this League 1 is going to be a little better than the previous ones.
2. It’s not a throwback by any means. Speak well of him, because he is coming back to a good age. He is also going to play Copa Libertadores. He is not coming to a team without expectations. Unlike other years, Alianza has expectations of passing at least one phase in Libertadores. Of course, if he doesn’t, he will be a failure. Beyond that he wins the national title at the end of the year. The Zambrano thing ends up being a dessert.
3. You have to be realistic: it is a Peruvian team. It has been reinforced better than other times, but in comparison with what the budget of the international competition is, it is far away. It is positive that he tries to take a step forward, but I am not going to think that he will play in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores. If we see that the other teams that are not Brazilian or Argentine are far away, a Peruvian team that historically has not been doing well for a long time can aspire to pass a phase and celebrate it well.
4. To talk about the defects you must talk on the pitch. A priori it is a good mix. They always say that in a central defense there must be a rude and a technician. The technician in this case is Vílchez. That he is a promise, and the Alianza player with the best chance of making it to the national team. And a rude is Zambrano who we already know who does not go around half measures when it comes to stopping a complicated rival. In Peru it will work quite well. At the international level, let’s see what they get in the tournament.