Alianza Lima and an effectiveness that places him as the best winner of a short tournament of the century

A tear – sure – escaped. But unlike last year this time it was one of happiness, with an indelible smile stamped on his face. Crying is allowed – why wouldn’t it be? Perhaps as an exercise in relief after having survived the apocalypse that the 2020 season meant. Today, the fan of Lima Alliance celebrate, celebrate, laugh. His team just beat Carlos A. Mannucci 1-0 with a goal from Wilmer Aguirre, won phase 2 of League 1 and is excited about repeating the 2003 campaign in which he was national champion against Sporting Cristal (today’s rival) with Wilmer Aguirre and Jefferson Farfán in the team.

A tear – sure – escaped. And it’s OK. The intimate team left the catastrophic numbers of last season in oblivion and took the second tournament this year being the best of all, by far. . Crying is allowed – why wouldn’t it be? This time of pride.

What has been achieved by this renewed Alliance is to value. With a difficult start to the year -the TAS just decreed permanence in March, with League 1 already started-, without enough time to do a preseason, the Blue and Whites put their brains on and after a salvageable phase 1, they comfortably won phase 2. In fact, there are still two dates to be played but there is already a declared champion.

“We came for the process that was going to mean playing League 2”Carlos Bustos confessed to us in an interview a few weeks ago. Fate – and justice – decided that the Victorian team stay in First and everyone assumed responsibility for the case. With footballers identified with the club such as Jefferson Farfán, Pablo Míguez and Wilmer Aguirre, and leaders who add such as Hernán Barcos,. First qualification for the Copa Libertadores 2022, now obtaining phase 2 and the last one remains: winning the finals at Cristal.

“It is a beautiful club to work with, each one of us understands what our teammate is like, they have always been committed on the field, We have managed to cope with the different moments of the games, it is not easy to win games and Alianza in this phase 2 has 12 wins and 3 draws, it is an incredible percentage and it is based on the effort, the dedication of the players, to the people behind us, to the technical command, to the people who run the club “Bustos commented. The Argentine, after the great job, will renew his contract until the end of next year.

The best numbers of the century

In the absence of two dates (he will face Cristal and Cienciano), according to the data that the Total Bet betting page tweeted and that we were able to corroborate. An impressive record that draws what has been the fabulous year of Carlos Bustos’ team.

The Gustavo Costas Alliance in 2003, who won the Clausura with Jefferson Farfán and Wilmer Aguirre, and that of Pablo Bengoechea in 2017 they won the Clausura of their respective years with a 76% efficiency. In both cases the blue and white team achieved 34 of 45 points. In both cases Victoria celebrated the national title.

Within the top six is ​​also the Sporting Cristal de Daniel Ahmed that obtained the Clausura with 73% effectiveness, the Ayacucho FC by Gerardo Ameli that in 2020 won phase 2 with 74% (20 points out of 27), and the Roberto Chale University, which in 2000 won the Clausura with 82% (54 out of 66 units). That year, the remembered cream team celebrated the three-time championship.

Today, La Victoria is celebrating. The blue and white people celebrate and dream of celebrating the championship on November 28. What if crying is allowed? Obviously yes. Lima Alliance he is going in search of the title being the best of all, by far.