Alianza revives old ghosts in the Cup: a downturn that worries even in the local tournament | CHRONICLE

More than 30,000 blue and white souls arrived in Matute, but old ghosts also appeared for Alianza Lima. The intimate team did not live up to the requirement and fell 2-1 against Libertad for the Copa Libertadores, with which they fell to last place in their group.

Alliance did not do much. Without the injured Andrés Andrade, the ball was far from intimate power. The verticality of the Paraguayans did a lot of damage, so much so that neither Josepmir Ballón nor Jesús Castillo could control the Guarani outbursts, who know how to attack using all attack fronts, taking advantage of the backs of Ricardo Lagos, who suffers with the mark, and Yordy Vílchez , improvised as a right back after Gino Peruzzi’s injury.

Libertad’s dominance found a prize in Alianza Lima’s mistakes. Once again the Blue and Whites suffered a goal towards the end of the first half, as against Melgar. A corner that was not cleared and Santiago García scored on his own goal.

And if misfortune were not enough, a millimeter offside by Pablo Sabbag that was detected by VAR caused Jesús Castillo’s equalizer to be annulled just before the break.

And the changes?

There was no time for reaction either. It wasn’t a good first half, but Chicho Salas doesn’t usually make changes at halftime. Alianza came out to play the same thing and nothing changed in Matute. Pablo Sabbag never connected, Pablo Lavandeira was not a driver and his support in the brand is minimal.

Completely outmatched, Libertad’s advantage was only a matter of time. A shot off the crossbar and various counterattacks could have ended badly for the intimates, until Melgarejo’s goal at 55′ that sentenced everything.

With the 2-0, the changes of Salas just arrived. The slight reaction with Hernán Barcos, Christian Cueva and Aldair Rodríguez only served for Vílchez’s discount at 93. Alianza came close to drawing, but time did not give for more.

The restatement offered that Cueva, well thrown to the left, as he plays in the national team, is more productive, but that caused Reyna to throw himself to the right, where the profile does not help him and there he went unnoticed.

It has many Alianza variants, but in recent games they have not been connecting. There are more individual efforts that are not enough, less in a Copa Libertadores.

The level of the blue and whites has dropped in recent weeks, something that could compromise their leadership in the Liga 1 Opening Tournament. In the Cup they must work miracles against Mineiro in Lima and Paranaense in Brazil.

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