The Alianza Lima centre-back was delighted with Sporting Cristal’s Copa Libertadores triumph and mentioned how he would react if Universitario achieved something similar.
It makes no difference. Sporting Cristal had a great participation in the Copa Libertadores and the resounding win against Nacional allowed them to enter the next phase of the tournament. The performance of the players managed by Tiago Nunes has been widely praised and one of those who joined them was the centre-back Carlo Zambrano. The Alianza Lima footballer was delighted with the rimenses and made it clear how he would react to it university would achieve something similar.
“I was very happy and if it had been the ‘U’ I would have been too, because in an international tournament it’s important that the Peruvian teams represent us well. Cristal played a great game but Phase 3 is there we still hope that things will go well in the next game,” he said in a dialogue with Radio Ovación.
Carlos Zambrano made his professional debut in Peru against Universitario. Photo: League 1
It should be noted that the “Kaiser” was preparing for his debut in the continental tournament with the blue-and-whites. The team led by Guillermo Salas They qualified directly for the group stage by winning League 1 and will meet their rivals in the coming weeks.
When will Carlos Zambrano play again?
After being sent off in the classic against Universitario, Carlos Zambrano has to serve his sanction against UTC de Cajamarca on Saturday, 11.
Next game of Alianza Lima
After the Peruvian Football Federation announced the match between Alianza Lima vs. César Vallejo, the Victorian cast will compete against UTC. The match is valid for date 7 of the opening tournament and will be played this Sunday, March 5th from 15:00 (Peruvian time).