The Alianza Lima Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Federico Girotti stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Federico Girotti and Alianza Lima agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gianfranco Chávez has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Alianza Lima can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Eryc Castillo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eryc Castillo, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Alianza Lima
Mateo Antoni 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Federico Girotti knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Federico Girotti trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Daniel Chávez in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Alianza Lima are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Market Marcelo Pappano brings the grey hairs Alianza Lima lacked
- Market The Federico Girotti talk will not go away
- Squad A season on the outside for Pedro Aquino
- Market The clock runs on Luis Garro's contract