Minute 23 of the second half of the match between the Peruvian National Team and Chile. Carlos Zambrano feels discomfort and, almost immediately, Juan Reynoso’s technical command makes his change, generating concern among the fans of Lima Alliancewho raised the alarm about the possibility of losing their central defender ahead of the last matches of those led by Mauricio Larriera in the current edition of the League 1 Betsson.
Days later, it would be confirmed that the central defender’s illness was serious, so he would have to be left without official activity to recover and try the possibility of being in the defining matches at the end of the Peruvian First Division soccer championship.
And so it was, being his own Carlos Zambrano the person in charge of confirming that he is feeling much better and that he was suitable for Mauricio Larriera to take into account in the main team of Lima Alliance that will measure forces with University of Sportsthis Saturday, for the first leg final of the Betsson League 1.
“I’m better now”was the short, but hopeful phrase that the ‘León’ left when he left the training sessions of the intimate team, in dialogue with the press media that covered the day’s work of the current two-time Peruvian soccer champion.
Alianza Lima has everything ready for the final
After the victory of University of Sports -which qualified the students for the Play Offs-, Lima Alliance made it official that the first match will take place at the Monumental de Ate stadium facilities, this Saturday, November 4; while the revenge match will take place at the Alejandro Villanueva stadium in Matute, next Wednesday the 8th.
It should be noted that the blue and white team got their ticket to the final after winning the 2023 Apertura Tournament, where they proved to be a true ‘machine’. They obtained 14 victories and four defeats in 18 games played. In this way, they got 42 points and were seven units ahead of Sporting Cristal, the team that took second place. The intimates were close to being three-time champions (they almost won the Clausura), but now they have the opportunity to achieve it against their classic rival.
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