Sporting Cristal wishes to stay in the top position of the Clausura 2022 Tournament table of Liga 1. For now, the celestial team is achieving their objective, as they are currently leading with a 2-1 score against Sport Boys at the Iván Elías Moreno Stadium.
At the 37th minute, Horacio Calcaterra was fouled and the referee called a free-kick. Immediately, Gerald Távara stood in front of the ball and sent it into the area. In that area of the field, Nilson Loyola once again put the team led by Roberto Mosquera in the lead.
It is important to mention that Sporting Cristal will face Atlético Grau in the next match. The Rímac team will host the northern team on Thursday, October 20th with the aim of continuing their good streak of unbeaten matches.
Sporting Cristal vs. Sport Boys: match preview
Although the draw against Universitario de Deportes was not the result that Sporting Cristal had budgeted for, the point served them to stay at the top of the standings and maintain their chances of winning the second tournament of the year. The 'Rimenses' have only one goal: to directly enter the final of Liga 1.
As for Sport Boys, they come with two games without losing and with the goal of adding three points to avoid falling into the relegation positions. This is because, although it is mathematically improbable for them to reach the bottom of the standings, their financial problems could make them lose more points at the table.
Likewise, all eyes will be on the pink team after the controversial statements of Jesús Chávez, who said he was waiting for some economic incentive to defeat the team from Rímac. "At Sport Boys, we accept incentives to win, welcome it. And it is that in all the years that I have in football, this type of thing has happened, here the teams that are on top always call you to beat the second or vice versa," mentioned the midfielder in an interview for the 'Fútbol y Var' portal.
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