Melgar’s coach saw his side’s agonizing victory in Arequipa as justified. For their part, the confidants allowed Universitario to get closer in the fight for the title.
Alianza Lima suffered a hard blow during their visit to Melgar, losing 2-1 with a goal in the last minute and narrowing their lead against Universitario at the top of the opening Liga 1 tournament. However, the Blue and Whites didn’t show their best version they faced a domino trying to gain ground in the final leg of the competition. In this sense, the coach of the Arequipa team said, Mariano Soso, He thought the win deserved.
“We’ve won a valuable victory, which we’ve crafted with great authority, against the leader of the tournament. I think we were able to subdue him regardless of the hierarchy of his players and their presence. I think the team played with full understanding.” “The scale of the game,” he said at the press conference.
Relive Melgar’s torturous goal
Referring to the performance of his coaches, the Argentine strategist stressed that one of the most important points was preventing the intimates from maintaining the ball’s position.
“We had a lot of consistency on defense. The rivals had a draw due to a game stoppage, we have to strengthen that. After that, we ensure good organization in terms of circulation. We were able to maintain very clear positional advantages and the team stopped very well when we won the ball; He didn’t run much and had a good intensity. “We don’t allow Alianza to have the ball,” completed.
Alianza Lima’s remaining game in the Apertura tournament
- Lima Alliance vs. Binational Sport | Sunday, May 28th | matute | 8.30 p.m
- ADT Tarma vs. ADT Tarma Alianza Lima | Friday, 02.05. | IPD Huancayo | 8 p.m
- Lima Alliance vs Deportivo Garcilaso | Date to be defined.
Table of positions League 1
The defeat of Alianza Lima in Arequipa was exploited by Universitario. Jorge Fossati’s team defeated César Vallejo and was 5 points behind his comrade.