What a present from the blue and white! Lima Alliance continues at the top of the Apertura Tournament (with 27 units), after beating Unión Comercio 3-1 in Tarapoto. As if all that wasn’t enough, the two-time champion also has a great time in the Libertadores Cup: Last Thursday, they defeated Libertad 2-1 in Paraguay, and with this result they are in first place in their series. Without a doubt, the cast of Guillermo Salas is going through a great moment, something that did not go unnoticed by the FIFA.
Through its official Twitter account, the highest international soccer body highlighted the leading role that the blue and white team has assumed, as well as three other Latin American teams (among them River Plate of Argentina), in their respective national leagues. In the case of the intimate, they are with 27 points in the championship, four from their closest rival and six dates from the end of the Apertura.
In the case of the ‘millionaire’ cast, the people from River Plate are at the top of the Argentine tournament, with 33 points (eleven wins and two losses), after beating Independiente 2-0 at the Monumental in Buenos Aires over the weekend . At the same time, they also accumulated another victory, this time, in the Copa Libertadores, 4-2 against Sporting Cristal.
FIFA also mentioned Penarol from Uruguay and Monterey from Mexico. The former added three points in the ‘charrúa’ tournament, after beating Plaza Colonia 2-1, thus managing to stay in first place in the league in his country with 27 units (five away from his closest rival: Cerro Long).
In the case of the second, the Aztec squad did the same against Mazatlán, winning 2-0 last Friday and thus ensuring its leadership in the Clausura 2023 table of the Liga MX with 37 points, six units behind Pedro Aquino’s América. and only one date before the tournament ends. With these numbers, Monterrey automatically goes to the Liguilla to dispute the title.
Of the four, only Alianza Lima will rest over the weekend and will play again until the first week of May, for the Libertadores, the others will have games to play in their leagues. River will face Atlético Tucumán on Friday, April 28, while Peñarol returns to being local to receive Fénix on the same day. Finally, Monterrey will play the last date of the Clausura against Pumas this Saturday, April 29.
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