The classic that was not seen: when the grandstand is not enough | CHRONICLE

While Matías di Benedetto is about to suffer a cramp and throws himself onto the grass to stretch, the cream fan does not hesitate to continue tearing his vocal chords with louder and louder screams. That was the ‘OR’ this tragic afternoon of a classic at the Monumental: a fan that not only accompanies, but guides, and guides in their own way, with impatience and anxiety; and a team that is influenced and ends up paying dearly for it.

Lima Alliance has won the first classic of the year 2-1. It is the second victory in a row for the intimates at home cream, a streak that penetrates the pride of the fan who curses three hundred times before teaching, with some helpless gestures, as if he were Lionel Messi himself, how to stop a ball , throw a cross or header to score that blessed equalizing goal.

About 55,000 tickets went on sale. And the Monumental looked full. Cream flags, entire families, children attending their first classic. All on a summer Sunday afternoon for the best match of the date, one of the most important matches of the year. The other? The other classic that will be played in Matute. It is so. The season is divided into how many alliance vs. OR they are played

The atmosphere, the spectacular reception with cream smoke, the chopped papers and the encouragement were the best motivations for a merengue team that came out with everything from the first second. In fact, José Rivera had the first one on his feet as soon as the match began. A play on the right that ended with Ancajima entering the area at full speed and taking out a razor cross, but that Rivera could not specify.

And the ‘OR’ It was also that: reaching the rival area, insinuating, but not scoring. The Ufff! of the fan, accompanied by the gesture of disbelief and the hands on the head, were recurring during the first 45 minutes. No one could believe how a professional team missed so many goals. “This could already be seen coming,” a young man of approximately 30 years old, dressed in his maroon 2021 shirt and his glasses, tells his partner. And he briefly explains that he saw the team’s friendlies on tour in Chile and the lack of efficiency was a problem. He did not discover anything, but he was right in the analysis.

To top it off, at the first alliancist insinuation, Pablo Sabbag scored 1-0. The 19 minutes were running and the Colombian reinforcement, who replaced Hernán Barcos, created only one play to score a great goal and silence Monumental for a moment. What Valera and company did not do in the blue and white area, Sabbag did in the cream zone.

The mood says a lot. While in the ‘OR’, Carvallo does not hesitate to reproach his defenders for the goal received. And in Alianza, Barcos, who until yesterday was the undisputed starter, is the first to come out to celebrate Pablo’s goal, his “rival” in the position. The ‘Pirate’ doesn’t care that the Colombian has one more goal than him, the important thing is that the team is winning.

The fan, for his part, began to get impatient, to be filled with impotence. His pride was wounded by the celebration of the ‘Sheikh’, who put his hands to his ears, like Messi against the Netherlands in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. players who were on the substitute bench rushed out to meet him.

Fifteen minutes were enough for the fans to cool their throats and dream of a comeback. But it was not enough for the cream team. alliance he took the lead once again with a great goal from Gabriel Costa. It could have been 3-0, but the winger had a goal canceled almost at the start of the second half. The score highlighted a 2-0 that filled everyone in the stands with anger.

With a team without life, without reaction, Carlos Compagnucci He decided to use the substitute bank. People got up when he saw that Luis Urruti was called and he ran to the bank to put on his shirt. Behind him, Alex Succar was doing the same. However, the blunders were not long in coming when the fourth referee indicated that those replaced would be José Rivera and Martin Pérez Guedes. Rivera was the best that the ‘U’ showed, but the DT decided to take him out.

The shock took effect and Urruti made it 2-1. A hopeful goal that woke up the entire stadium. They no longer only sang in the popular north, now they were all standing. There were no more fans who thought they were coaches or players, but only fans who sang, cheered and from that position pushed their team.

The expulsion of Carlos Zambrano was a trigger for the fan. As if a bomb had fallen on the stands. The ‘León’ kicked Piero Quispe from behind and none of the players went to rebuke him. The only one who timidly approached was Nelson Cabanillas, but the Alliance defender responded. And he walked away, making provocative gestures to the stands and with complete calm. The scene was marked as a message that fell from the stands while the fan did not know how to show his anger: the ‘U’ suffers from leaders, leaders who show their faces at this time. The fans know it and also suffer it. To win the championship, it is not enough to fill the Monumental.