The intimates did not flow with the ball down; The Carlists had narrowed the spaces well and their tactical order had ‘covered’ that player less. Alianza’s formula changed and the team looked for long balls that the ‘Pirate’ took advantage of with his experience. At 69′, he received a ball inside the area, held on and finished with class, the same one with which a minute later he would sign his double and the blue and white victory, although with suspense due to an offside that was finally ruled out by the VAR. Three gold points that can be worth a ‘tri’.
The keys to the match
Always the ‘Pirate’
He may be 39 years old, but Hernán Barcos maintains his quality and scoring instinct intact within the area. He won’t be fast, but with his experience he knows where to position himself to receive and take care of the balls. Against Mannucci, he was the savior of the intimates and thanks to his two goals, Larriera’s team took the three points. Both goals came after a long ball; The ‘Pirate’ held off his rivals and finished with class.
At 69′, and after a pass from Ballón, Barcos received the ball inside the area, covered well against Ruidias’ pressure and defined one side to beat Heredia. A minute later, Jairo Concha threw a long ball, the ‘Pirate’ won it, took out the Carlist defenders and beat Mannucci’s ‘1’ again to score his 14th goal and become the most influential player of Alianza Lima ( 14 goals and six assists).
The ball at ’10’
Although in recent days there has been uncertainty about Jairo Concha’s future, whether he renews or not, on the field the ’10’ is clearly focused on playing. Against Mannucci, the former Saint player went from less to more and began to have a greater role in Mansiche, after the departure of Christian Cueva. The midfielder took responsibility, asked for the balls and tried to filter long passes, thus Barcos’ second goal arrived.
At 70′, Concha assisted the ‘Pirate’ with a long pass from almost the middle of the field, the Argentine ‘9’ took advantage of it and signed his double. According to Sofascore, Alianza Lima’s ’10’ was the third player with the best score in the match, with 7.2, only behind Ricardo Lagos (7.5) and Hernán Barcos (7.9). In addition, he made 51 of 62 passes, made four key passes, also had one shot on goal, two deflected shots and two blocked shots.
It went in well
In the run-up to the match, Mauricio Larriera trusted the work of Gabriel Costa and started him on the right wing; However, in the match, the Uruguayan nationalized Peruvian winger did not have a good performance and the coach ended up changing him for Aldair Rodríguez, who came on in the second half and gave another look to the team.
With his power and speed, the intimate attacker showed better passages than ‘Gabi’ Costa, he even scored what could have been Alianza Lima’s third goal in an exquisite way; hat to Heredia and subtle definition; However, the play was invalidated due to offside. According to Sofascore, Aldair Rodríguez had one shot on goal, another outside, and he made 15 of 17 passes. In addition, he won four of two duels down and one of two in the aerial game. His rating was 6.9.
He claimed
Until the 68th minute, Josepmir Ballón could have been feeling guilty about the result. Mannucci’s goal had been his own goal after the accidental impact of the ball after a Carlist corner. Fortunately for the intimate captain, a minute later he vindicated himself by launching a long ball for Barcos, a perfect assist for the ‘Pirate’ to hold the ball, define one side and put the temporary tie in Mansiche.
According to SofaScore statistics, Ballón managed to make 45 of 50 passes, gave two key passes, an assist and completed two crosses. Defensively, he had three interceptions and had one effective clearance. His rating was 6.9
‘Aladdin’ did not appear
Christian Cueva continues to perform well below his level. In Trujillo, the intimate ’23’ was diluted as the minutes passed until he was replaced at 70′ by the youthful Bassco Soyer. ‘Aladino’, whose role should be to assist Barcos and make the team play, had to go back to the middle of the field to be able to have the ball and start the intimate attack, often losing surprise.
According to SofaScore, Cueva made 44 of 49 passes, filtered two key passes, but did not finish on goal, nor did he step into the area as expected. Likewise, he had only one shot outside, he did not complete any dribbles, he only won one possible four-down duel and lost the ball six times. His rating, according to the aforementioned page, was 6.8.
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