The Alianza Lima Sentinel
Squad22 Mar 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nicolás Suárez
45 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Alianza Lima lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
A brace, and Federico Girotti takes the afternoon — 8.91
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Federico Girotti provided it, and the 8.91 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match22 Mar 2027
Alianza Lima up to position 3
12 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market22 Mar 2027
Alianza Lima may not be able to give Jorge Cabezudo what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jorge Cabezudo wants continental football; whether Alianza Lima can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Match20 Mar 2027
Alianza Lima see off Juan Aurich
Three points for Alianza Lima, 3‑2 the final word against Juan Aurich in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Match20 Mar 2027
Federico Girotti answers Juan Aurich immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Federico Girotti had Alianza Lima level again within 2 minutes, and Juan Aurich never got to play with a lead at all.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Gianfranco Chávez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Alianza Lima
Alejandro Duarte was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Alianza Lima training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josué Estrada is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Player ratings Alan Cantero runs at them all day
- The terraces The press have found their man in Federico Girotti
- The terraces The stand has a song for Federico Girotti