Larriera Downplays The Importance Of The Clausura After Alianza's Draw: "I'm More Interested In The Overall Result."

Alianza Lima recorded a bitter draw against Melgar in Matute and it was very complicated in the fight for the Clausura tournament. With the competition still three days away, the blue and white team will have to rely on other rivals to win the second competition of the year. At the end of the game the coach Mauricio Larriera He regretted the result against “Domino” and said that the most important thing at the moment was the overall balance.

“This rival depended on us. We still don’t have to rely on other rivals, now including Melgar. It’s not that it takes us away (from the title), what interests me most is the accumulated table; As long as we are ahead, we can win Closing and everything is very close,” he said at a press conference.

Also with a view to achieving the triple championship, the Uruguayan strategist made it very clear that his main goal upon arriving in La Victoria was to build a long-term team.

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“At no time since we arrived have we thought about putting together a team for the finals. Since we arrived, we’ve been thinking about taking it game by game. We will continue in this structure and if there is a final we will do that too.” “We prepared a team for the finals, we had to win and wait. There are still points left,” he concluded.

Clausura tournament rankings

How does Alianza Lima do in Accumulated?

position	equipment	PJ	PG	GD	PTS
1	Lima Alliance	33	21	31	72
2	university	33	20	30	66
3	Sporty Cristal	32	17	32	65
4	FBC Melgar	34	14	18	57
5	Sports Huancayo	31	14	15	50
6	Deportivo Garcilaso*	32	14	11	47
7	Cesar Vallejo	34	13	6	47
8th	ADT	32	12	4	47
9	Cusco FC	32	13	-3	46
10	Carlos Mannucci	33	12	-7	43
11	scientist	32	11	-3	42
12	UTC	33	8th	-5	38
13	Atlético Grey	32	8th	-1	37
14	Sporting alliance	32	9	-10	35
15	Binational sport	33	9	-12	35
16	Sports boys	32	8th	-22	34
17	labor union	33	9	-27	33
18	Community sports**	32	8th	-19	25
19	Cantolao	32	6	-37	22

*The Licensing Commission has deducted one point from Deportivo Garcilaso for violating compliance with financial criteria.

**The Licensing Commission deducted points from Deportivo Municipal for non-payment. On the third date of the 2023 Clausura tournament, the city club’s license was revoked and it did not play against Carlos Mannucci on the third date, so it lost 0-3.

Alianza Lima’s next games

F17: Binational vs. Alianza Lima (Tuesday, October 3)
F18: Lima Alliance vs. ADT (to be defined)
F19: Deportivo Garcilaso vs. Lima Alliance (to be defined).