“The change would be for Andrade”: What was the plan for Cueva to get ready and be able to debut in Alianza

“Let’s go for the ‘tri’”he said, microphone in hand and addressing the almost 30,000 fans who packed the Matute stadium, in the middle of the pitch that in a few weeks will see him do magic with the ball. christian cave was officially presented on Saturday of last week as a new footballer of Lima Allianceclub to which he returns after almost eight years.

From that July 12, 2015, the day of his farewell in a 3-0 win against Unión Comercio, Christian stopped being Cuevita. Or at least that is what they expect in the corners of Matute.

After resolving his situation with Al Fateh, “Aladdin” returned to La Victoria on loan for six months. A multi-million dollar investment for Alianza but with the sole objective of playing a great role in the 2023 Copa Libertadores that will start at the beginning of next month. The intimates, with a hyper-negative streak of 29 games without winning in international competition, are betting on everything for everything this year, which is why they brought Cave and they have top players on the squad like Zambrano, Coast, sabbag and his own Bryan Reina.

Cueva was presented to his people on Saturday, but he had already been training since last Monday. Without physical problems and after having been working with his physical trainer and coach, Jose Neyra, the midfielder joined the training sessions of the Victorian team with coach Guillermo Salas at the helm. In fact, in Alianza they have launched a physical conditioning plan so that the ’23’ can be as fast as possible.

Chicho Salas said at a press conference after the victory against Cusco FC.

Cave he accelerated his adaptation processes and could have minutes this afternoon in Huancayo. ‘Aladino’, who was not called up for Peru’s friendlies against Germany and Moroccotraveled with the blue and white delegation to the undeniable city and would be part of the substitutes.

It should be noted that for said match -not against Huancayo this weekend-, Alianza will not be able to count on Carlos Zambrano neither Bryan Reina. The first was called by Juan reynosowhile the second presents a muscular overload for which he was not cited by the coach of the Peruvian team. Jairo Conchawho had been working with Bicolor in the microcycle, will join the team in Huancayo.

Who will Christian Cueva enter for?

It is not a secret or a discovery that christian cave, by hierarchy, came to Alianza Lima to be a starter. The orchestra man in the blue and white attack. The question that the fan is asking now is: who will he play for? Since the cast of Salas has been showing good performance in the 2023 League 1 matches.

Christian has played almost every attacking position in the Peruvian national team. He could easily replace Bryan Reyna on the left wing or enter Andrés Andrade for the Colombian and play as a kind of ’10’ behind Pablo Sabbag. He even entered through Jairo Concha and accompanied Ballón in midfield.

When in doubt, we consulted with two journalists who follow Alianza Lima’s day-to-day activities and can give us some insight into how Salas would use it. For Kevin Pacheco, from RPP, the change will be for Andrade. The Colombian had a great performance against Cusco FC scoring a penalty goal, but he would be the one sacrificed.

Along the same lines is Analucía Rodríguez, a colleague from GolPerú. In any case, what stands out about this Alianza is that they have such a broad and rich squad that they could rotate and would not suffer any disadvantage ”points out.

At the moment, with some hypotheses, Cave he would get into the starting eleven for Andrade. Something that becomes more certain if one takes into account that at the beginning of the years, before the arrival of the Colombian, it was repeated in Matute that only one of the two was going to arrive to reinforce the midfield. So the fight for the position is there.