Almost three weeks before the start of League 1 2024, the most important clubs in the local tournament are doubling their efforts in preparation for the season in order to arrive in the best possible way for their debut. Part of their preparation will be the friendly matches that they have planned for this year in their respective team presentations. Alianza Lima, Universitario, Sporting Cristal, Melgar and Sport Boys will compete against foreign clubs, but other teams such as Cienciano or César Vallejo will also compete against national teams.
Regardless of where their rivals come from, they will all aim for victory to leave a good image and gain confidence before the start of the Peruvian Championship.
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Rival of Alianza Lima in the Blue and White Night
The team chosen by the small group for its presentation next Monday, January 15, is Once Caldas from Colombia, champions of the 2004 Copa Libertadores. The Manizales team did not have a good 2023, as it was at the last Home runs were ruled out in Columbia's opening and final tournament.
Alianza Lima will play against a Colombian club for the second time in a row. Photo: Composition by LR/Once Caldas
This will not be the only friendly match for the Carlos Restrepo-led players, as the Victorians will play a second Blue and White Night against the Catholic University of Chile on Sunday, January 21st in Trujillo.
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The rival that the “U” will have at the start of the celebrations of its 100th birthday will be Kingdom of Coquimbo From Chile. The Pirate team, which finished fifth in the 2023 Chilean Championship and qualified for the Copa Sudamericana, will face the Noche Crema next Sunday, January 14, at the Monumental Stadium.
The Pirates team will be guests at Noche Crema 2024. Photo: LR Composition
Which club will face Cristal on Celeste afternoon?
Also on Sunday 14th, but at the National Stadium, the Rimenses will present their reinforcements and their new coach, Enderson Moreira, with a practice match against the U. Católica de Chile, the guest for the Celeste afternoon. The Crusaders finished seventh in their country's first division last year and will compete in the Sudamericana in 2024.
The match between Cristal and U. Católica will be broadcast on the Latina channel. Photo: Composition/GLR
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Who will be the rivals of Sport Boys, Melgar, Cienciano and UCV?
Other clubs with rivals and presentation dates already confirmed are Sport Boys, FBC Melgar, Cienciano and César Vallejo. La Missilera is received The strongestcurrent Bolivian champions, for the so-called Lizárraga Trophy on January 21st at the Miguel Grau Stadium in Callao.
Domino will do the same Bolivars of La Paz, Highland Country runner-up, on Saturday, January 20, at the UNSA Monumental Stadium for the Rojinegra afternoon. Meanwhile, the club in Cusco will host Father's Night on January 14th The Chankas from Andahuaylas, one of those recently promoted to the first division (although they will play another friendly match against Always Ready from Bolivia on Saturday 20).
Finally, the UCV will hold its Poetry Night in front of the Universitario de Deportes at the Mansiche Stadium on Tuesday, January 9th. Roberto Mosquera's renewed team, which included several media commitments, will pass its first test before traveling to Argentina to take part in the Río de La Plata Series.