Lima Alliance, University of Sports and Sporting Cristal They are still on the table of positions of the Opening Tournament 2023, but only one will end up celebrating to be closer to the national title at the end of the year. The ‘blue and whites’ are absolute leaders (24), but the ‘creams’ (22) and ‘blues’ (17) are waiting for some setback to get closer. In this note we will analyze the next five games of these three teams and what is the scenario that awaits them in the fight for the championship.
Alianza Lima, who this past Saturday beat the Cantolao Academy without problems –with goals from Pablo Sabbag, Bryan Reyna and Hernán Barcos–, has the following schedule: will face Unión Comercio (V), will rest on date 15, Carlos A. Mannucci (L), Melgar (V), Deportivo Binacional (L) and ADT (V).
With the advantage they have and how strong they have become at home, Guillermo Salas’s team shouldn’t have any problems scoring against ‘Tricolor’ and ‘Poderoso del Sur’. However, they will have to reaffirm their candidacy for the title by stealing points in Tarapoto, Arequipa and Tarma.
academicFor its part, after beating Deportivo Municipal in Villa El Salvador, it has the following fixture: Sporting Cristal (L), Sport Boys (V), rests on date 15, César Vallejo (L), UTC (V) and Cusco FC (L).
Unlike the rest, the ‘merengues’ will only have one exit to the province – when they visit UTC on Cajamarca soil – and the rest of the games will be played in Lima. An advantage that Jorge Fossati’s men could take advantage of to score points and, depending on how Alianza Lima is doing, shorten the gap to get closer to the lead.
Finally, Sporting Cristal It has the most complex panorama, not because it is further from the ‘Intimates’, but also because of the collective performance it has shown in recent times. His schedule goes as follows: Universitario (V), César Vallejo (L), UTC (V), Cusco FC (L) and Sport Huancayo (V).
Definitely, Tiago Nunes’s men don’t have it easy, because they will receive the ‘U’ and then they will travel to Cajamarca and Huancayo in less than a month. Although the match at the Monumental stadium will define many things, it will be key for the Rimenses to improve and recover the points they lost at home – they tied with ADT and Sport Boys – away from Lima.
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