Piero Cari

Central Midfielder - Alianza Lima
14 Feb 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Piero Cari

26 Edition

The Alianza Lima Sentinel

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Jesús Castillo out for 28 days

28 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Alianza Lima lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout

Alan Cantero keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Alianza Lima may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Words exchanged at Alianza Lima

Luis Ramos and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

A row about effort at Alianza Lima

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Ceppelini was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Marco Huamán has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Alianza Lima will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Cristian Carbajal asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
18 Edition

The Alianza Lima Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Alan Cantero

24 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.

Squad

Words at Alianza Lima training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Aquino 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Alianza Lima

Luis Ramos and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

In brief

14 Edition

The Alianza Lima Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Alan Cantero

54 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.

Market

Cristian Carbajal wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad

Pablo Ceppelini falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

12 Edition

The Alianza Lima Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jesús Castillo

143 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.

Market

Piero Cari hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Alianza Lima can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Alianza Lima may not be able to give Federico Girotti what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Federico Girotti wants continental football; whether Alianza Lima can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

The step up is real for Vasco Espejo

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad

A row about effort at Alianza Lima

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pedro Aquino was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Tempers go at Alianza Lima

Gianfranco Castellanos 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.

In brief

4 Edition

The Alianza Lima Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Gaspar Gentile sends Alianza Lima through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Gaspar Gentile obliged against Alianza Atletico. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Alianza Lima.

Player ratings

Gaspar Gentile scores twice — 8.55

Two goals and a mark of 8.55 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Jair Córdova turns Fatih Karagumruk down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Federico Girotti wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad

Words at Alianza Lima training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Aquino 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.

The terraces

One of their own: Piero Cari

He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Squad

A falling-out at Alianza Lima

Gaspar Gentile and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings

Luis Garro was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Horacio Farfan, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief