By: Luis Imana
With the Closing Tournament drawing to a close, the contenders for their second win of the season will also be reduced by a spot in the playoffs for the national title.
Among the main contenders to finish the campaign in first place are Sporting Crystal, Alliance of Lima j Melgarwhich still have three stunning endings.
The first is the heavenly multitude, which depends on itself to take over closure and direct access to the championship finals league 1.
Led by Roberto Mosquera, they come from an important win against Sport Boys and, in order not to be at the mercy of third parties, they must add three against Atlético Grau (local), Alianza Atlético (guest) and Carlos Mannucci (local).
Next in line is the blue and white team, who, under the technical direction of Guillermo Salas, managed to show a different side and kept their hopes of winning the tournament alive.
The win over Cienciano at the Inca Garcilaso stadium was essential to stay in the fight and stay 2 points off the lead. The ‘familiar ones’ will try, with no margin for error, to establish their locality against Deportivo Binacional tomorrow. Then he will visit Ayacucho FC in Ciudad de Cumaná and finish with ADT de Tarma at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium.
If they don’t win the closing, second place overall will allow the La Victoria line-up a place in the playoff semifinals, but for that they’ll have to wait for a stumble from Melgar.
On the other hand, the ‘Domino’ does not give up its options to take the title directly. Despite being five points behind the leader, he will keep the three points at home when he meets Sport Boys tomorrow.
Likewise, the 2022 Copa Sudamericana semi-finalist has the opportunity to go straight to the final if he wins his remaining games and keeps his advantage over Alianza Lima.
Led by Pablo Lavallén, the Apertura tournament winners will complete their regular season against Atlético Grau (visiting) and Alianza Atlético (locals) before thinking about the play-offs.
At the end of the next day, a new club could bid farewell to the Clausura battle and reduce the number of survivors.