With the aim of winning the 2024 Liga 1 title and having a great season in the next Copa Libertadores, Alianza Lima started the preseason this Monday under the leadership of Alejandro Restrepo.
The Colombian strategist had at his disposal at the facilities of the Esther Grande de Bentín Club in Lurín 19 players from the squad: Ángelo Campos, Franco Saravia, Ángel de la Cruz, Renzo Garcés, Yordi Vílchez, Brian Arias, Ricardo Lagos, Sebastián Aranda, Nicolás Amasifuén, Aldair Fuentes, Jesús Castillo, Axel Moyano, Piero Vivanco, Jairo Concha, Franco Zanelatto, Kevin Serna, Gabriel Costa, Bryan Reyna and Hernán Barcos.
The only one of the footballers present who was unable to train normally was Yordi Vílchez, who is recovering from knee surgery he underwent on November 28 for a parameniscal cyst.
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The central defender, who became Peruvian football champions with the blue and white team in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, will need about a month to get into the regular work of the small group.
However, there are a few more elements that need to be added preseason the current national soccer runner-up. So far three are known, two would be new additions, while the rest are familiar to the blue and white house.
At Alianza Lima everything is on the right track Juan Pablo Freytes, Argentine defender who completed his loan spell with Unión La Calera in Chile. While the intimate club negotiates with Newell's, the team that owns the player's passport, the gaucho in Mendoza waits for the signing to be finalized.
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Argentinian midfielder Adrián Arregui is expected to be a trusted attraction. Restrepo knows the 31-year-old midfielder well and in a few days he will arrive in Peruvian lands to be under the command of the coach.
In addition, Alianza will extend Lima Sabbag, whose contract ends this Friday. The Colombian striker had apparently been questioned in the final stages of the 2023 Liga 1, but the Intimate coach has factored him into his 2024 plans.
There are still three foreign places to be filled and the technical management of the La Victoria team plans to use them to bring in a striker, a central defender and a pivot.
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It should be remembered that Restrepo is assisted by Giulliano Tiberti (assistant), Walter Rivera (physical coach), Ezequiel Katz (physics coach), Salomón Libman (goalkeeping coach) and Jhan Cárdenas (video analyst).
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Gino Peruzzi, alien from Alianza Lima
“I know there have been several departures in Alianza Lima. I take with me the best memories, I had a great time here, I was very happy, but this is what we have to do and we have to keep going. “I don’t think I’ll stay in Peru.”