With the Paolo Guerrero or Hernán Barco experience on the attack front, Alianza Lima will seek to settle an old University of Chile in revenge and turn in the first leg at home for the quarter-finals of the 2025 South American Cup.
The Peruvian team, led by the Argentinian born “Pipo” Gorosito, will receive the Chileans after a chain of the epic series. He has just won the eighths against the Catholic University of the Ecuador, with Global 4-1, and leaving the powerful Brazil guild in the manner after winning the 3-1 rehearsal.
The U of Chile, under the orders of Gustavo Álvarez Argentin, advanced around the quarter -finals after the disqualification of the independence of Avellaneda after a fierce fight between fans during the feast of August 20 played in the south of Buenos Aires.
The punishment of Conmebol also prevents U fans from attending the commitments of the two rooms.
The winner of the series, which begins this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
For Alliance, the duel represents a revenge match of the Channel of 16 of the 2010 Copa Libertadores, when the University of Chile eliminated the blue and white box with 3-2 global, in a series marked by the objective of the premises that the Peruvians considered invalid.
“We are going to leave everything to close this series in the second stage,” the Argentinian striker Alan Cantero told The Press.
Gorosito, known to be jealous of tactics and motivator, is confident in the maintenance of the successful sequence of three victories and a draw in South America.
Alliance arrives with an international experience, led by defender Carlos Zambrano, the Miguel Traco team, the midfielder Sergio Peña and in attack, two references: the “Pirate” ships and the “Predator” Guerrero, both aged 41.
The Peruvian team reached the quarterfinals of the South South South American, in which it was eliminated by Nacional de Uruguay with 3-2 global.
With the dream of repeating the 2011 continental feat, the University of Chile will try to take a good result from Lima’s “Matute” despite the game without the company of its fans.
“We are going to seek the classification; we have to go get the first match to be a little calmer for the second,” said striker Rodrigo Contreras to The Press.
The blues came to meet with three sensitive victims, but with the best moral after their 3-0 victory against their classic colo rival in the Super Cup Chilean during the weekend.
“We have a very complicated key. It is a big team (alliance), it is going through a big moment, with very fast strikers and extremes,” defense Matías Zaldia told the press.
Possible training:
William Viscramo – Guillermo Enrique, Carlos Zambrano, Renzo Garcés, Miguel Traco – Pedro Aquino, Sergio Peña, Fernando Gaibor, Kevin Queved – Eryc Castillo and Hernán Barcos. DT born Gorosito.
University of Chile: Gabriel Castellón – Fabián Hormazábal, Franco Calderón, Matías Zaldivia – Maximiliano Guerrero, Marcelo Díaz, Charles Arángiz, Matías Sepúlveda, Javier Altamirano – Nicolás Guerra, Lucas Assadi. Dt Gustavo Álvarez.
Referee: Ramón Abatti (bra)
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