The moment of confusion in Alianza Lima vs Sporting Cristal after penalties were canceled for third place in the Ciudad de los Reyes Cup

Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal tied for third place without going to the penalty round. | VIDEO: Sports Zapping

The game for third place in the Kings City Cup 2024 between The Lima Alliance y Crystal Sports It ended up being quite confusing. After playing the 90 minutes, the game was tied 1-1, therefore, according to the organization of the competition, a penalty had to be played to define the winner. However, at the last minute, and to the surprise of everyone present, the decision was made to leave the game in a draw and end the game.

When the referee announced the end, everyone was waiting for the definition from the twelve stages. Even Peter Arevalosaid the meeting for Zapping; a platform that had the exclusive rights to the friendly competition, suggesting that the shots would come from the penalty spot. However, they noticed that the players from both squads were leaving the Matute field to go to the locker rooms.

Everything was uncertain, until the stadium voice informed the fans that the game was over and they had to leave the stadium. Alejandro Villanueva. The game was played with fans of both teams, which has not happened since 2017.

The confusion also occurred on social networks. the group’s official account’hidden‘, reported that the third and fourth places would be defined by penalties, but later made the respective correction: “Update: It was defined that there will be no penalties and it ends with the result of the 90 minutes,” they noted .

Sporting Cristal announced a penalty shootout with Alianza Lima for third place in the Ciudad de los Reyes Cup, although this was ultimately not played.

The organization of this meeting was a matter of controversy from the previous one. It should be noted that the final was scheduled to be played at 2:30 pm, with the third and fourth at 11:30. However, the schedules were eventually swapped. The reason the painting gave ‘blue and white‘that the Peruvian National Police (PNP) that the game needed to be in the afternoon, in order to have time to start the security operation.

Matute opened the scoring on 33 minutes with a goal from Irvine Avilaafter a pass of Leandro Sosa. However, the advantage for the ‘rimenses‘ It didn’t last long, as after 35 minutes Hernan Barcos match the result with an exact definition, with the help of Jeriel de Santis.

In the second half there were no more goals, although there were constant changes to the game in the lineups. until the end, Pablo Sabbag y Gonzalo Aguirre They went in to gain minutes and try to impress coach Alejandro Restrepo.

Alianza Lima drew 1-1 with Sporting Cristal and took 3rd place in the Ciudad de los Reyes Cup. – Credit: Diffusion

champion of Kings City Cup 2024 was National Athleticswho won 2-0 Bolivar. los’porcelain‘, who had just beaten Sporting Cristal 3-1 in the semi-finals, won with goals from Andrés Sarmiento and Yéicar Perlaza. It should be noted that, except for the presence of Edwin Cardona, an experienced footballer who played for the Colombian National Team, his coach Pablo Reppeto decided to face the game with the majority of the representatives.

The Bolivian team, who qualified for the final after beating Alianza Lima 3-2, secured second place. It should be noted that the ‘celestes’ did not have all their figures either, as nine of their players are playing in the Copa América with the Bolivian team. They are: Carlos Lampe, Jesús Sagredo, Yomar Rocha, José Sagredo, Leonel Justiniano, Fernando Saucedo, Ramiro Vaca, Lucas Chávez and Carmelo Algarañaz.

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