Sporting Cristal keeps gaining rhythm ahead of the Opening Tournament
First, they played a friendly match against the reserve team, then against Cantalao, and now they did it against the U22 National Team of Víctor Rivera. All of this to arrive in excellent form for the match against Alianza Lima on July 5.
The team led by Daniel Ahmed faced the U22 National Team in La Videna and divided into two groups. The first group, with the starters, started winning during the first half with a goal from Sergio Blanco. That's how they went to halftime.
For the second half, with a completely different team, the goals started to come. Beto Da Silva and Joazhiño Arroé increased the score for Sporting Cristal. The U22 team reduced the lead through Alexis Arias, who plays for Melgar.
With that, Sporting Cristal is closing their mini-preseason before the Opening Tournament break. They are just waiting to close one more match, which would be against a local team. UTC from Cajamarca is one of the options.
Starting lineup for Sporting Cristal:
A. Araujo; A. Cossio, L.Abram, R. Revoredo, J. Estrada; J.Cazulo, H.Calcaterra, I.Ávila, D.Manicero; S.Blanco and C.Pereyra.
Alternate lineup for Sporting Cristal:
C.Grados; F. Ramírez, A.Rodríguez, M. Martínez, E.Chávez; A. Balbín, P. De la Haza, J. Gonzales, B. Da Silva, J. Arroé; S. Rebagliati.