Alejandro Restrepo refereed his first friendly match with Alianza Lima, he did so against José Guillermo del Solar's U23 team and lost by the narrowest of margins, with a goal from Bassco Soyer, a blue and white youth player who plays for the national team. The game took place in Matute and the first 11 the Colombian coach started was a 3-5-2 with two wingers.
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Alejandro Restrepo's first collaboration with Alianza Lima
- Angel of the Cross; Catriel Hair, Jiovany Ramos, Aldair Fountains, Jonathan Garcia, Sebastian Aranda; Jesus Castle, Richard Lakes, Gabriel Coast; Kevin Serna and Hernan Ships.
Alianza Lima played its first friendly match in 2024. Photo: Alianza Lima
Merger of “Chemo” del Solar with the Peruvian U23 national team
- Diego Romero; Erick Noriega, Julinho Astudillo, Anderson Villacorta, Alonso Yovera, Emilio Saba, Ian Wisdom, Álvaro Rojas, Adrián Ascues, Diether Vásquez, Guillermo Larios.
Alianza Lima and the Peru U23 team played in Matute. Photo: FPF
The game spanned two halves of 45 minutes each and was fairly evenly matched, but in the 86th minute Soyer seemed to take the lead and score the first and last goal of the duel.
The only foreign newcomer to the field was the Panamanian Jiovany Ramosbut there were some reinforcements, such as: Kevin Serna j Catriel CabellosThe latter acted as a winger and was excluded from the game.
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It should be noted that they were not considered for the meeting Adrian Arregui, Cecilio Waterman, Jhamir D'Arrigo and other names, due to discomfort or few training sessions with the team. Likewise the blue and white youth players Juan Pablo Goicochea j Bassco Soyer They played for the red and white team; How Marco Huaman.
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The next meeting of the Victorians will be the presentation of the squad at the Blanquiazul Night 2024, which will take place at the National Stadium on January 15 at 9:00 p.m. (Peruvian time), the day in which they will face Once Caldas from Colombia.
Alianza Lima will play against Once Caldas on Blanquiazul Night 2024. Photo: Alianza Lima