At what time Alianza Lima vs Cienciano, match on date 8 of the Liga 1 2024 Apertura Tournament.
Today, Wednesday, March 13, Alianza Lima will visit Cienciano at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega stadium in Cusco, for date 8 of the Liga 1 2024 Apertura Tournament. It will be a momentous clash for the ‘intimates’, who are located in fifth place with 12 points and come from two consecutive defeats, so a third could lead to the departure of their coach Alejandro Restrepo.
The ‘blue and white’ have just lost 2-1 against Sporting Cristal, a match in which they showed two very different faces, in the first half they were slightly superior and took the lead with a goal from Hernán Barcos, but in the second they were widely surpassed by the ‘brewers’, who turned it around with goals from Sebastián Gonzales and Joao Grimaldo.
The most criticized aspect of the La Victoria team was the defensive fragility offered by the Colombian coach’s line of 3 defenders in highly difficult matches. This is because the defense also faltered against ADT in Tarma and Universitario de Deportes in the classic a few days ago. Furthermore, some of his reinforcements such as Adrián Arregui, Jiovany Ramos, Jhamir D’Arrigo, Sebastián Rodríguez or Kevin Serna demonstrated very poor performance. In the case of the Colombian, because he cannot exploit his abilities from the wing zone.
The ‘celestes’ came back and were left with three important points for the first competition of the year. (Video: League 1 Max)
However, the most notable footballer was Gabriel Costa, who entered the second half to replace Jesús Castillo. The Uruguayan had a very bad game, so the fans rebuked him from the stands, to which he responded with provocative gestures, causing an avalanche of criticism on social networks, which forced him to apologize publicly. It should be noted that ‘Gabi’ was not called up for the meeting with ‘dad’ due to a technical decision and it is speculated that it was as a punishment for his attitudes against the fans.
Among the new features in the ‘intimate’ team is the entry of Carlos Zambrano into the starting eleven; Let us remember that the ‘Kaiser’ reappeared against the ‘brewers’ after talking with Bruno Marioni and making him reconsider his decision not to have his services this season; as well as the entry of Marco Huamán to the right lane and the return of Franco Saravia to the goal; after completing his suspension date for the red card received in Tarma, once again relegating the young Ángel de la Cruz to the substitute bench, who alternated good and bad last weekend.
The other side of the coin is Cienciano, which has been having a great start to the season, as they are fourth with 13 points, the result of three wins and four draws, which make them one of the few teams that have not yet known defeat. ; the other two are Universitario and Cristal.
Carlos Garcés is Cienciano’s top scorer with 6 goals in 7 games. (Scientific Club)
In the ‘dad’ they are aware that they could be higher in the table, because in the last two dates they missed the victory in the final minutes. Against Atlético Grau, an own goal by Germán Mera in the 90th minute cost them 1-1, while against Carlos A. Mannucci, they went 2-0 up, but goals from Gonzalo Rizzo (85′) and Jhonny Vidales (90′), victory was taken away from them again.
The duel between Alianza Lima and Cienciano will be played this Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. Peruvian time. Those who are abroad and want to tune in to the match should keep in mind that Colombia, Ecuador and the United States (Miami) have the same time slot as Peru, so the match will be at the same time. Likewise, in Bolivia and Venezuela it will take place at 7:30 p.m., while in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay it will take place at 8:00 p.m. Likewise, in Mexico it will be at 5:30 p.m. and in Spain at 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 14.
Lima Alliance: Saravia; Fuentes, Garcés, Freytes, Arregui; Castillo, Rodríguez, Huamán, D’Arrigo; Boats, Waterman.
Cienciano: Espinoza; Estrada, Fuentes, Mera, Benítez; Torrejón, Ayarza, Romagnoli, Ramúa; Aldair, Garcés.