Nothing lasts forever
After obtaining Phase 2 of the Liga 1 Betsson, Alianza Lima faced Sporting Cristal in the penultimate match of the Peruvian championship. The rimenses won 3-1 against Carlos Bustos' team and put an end to several of their records.
One of the highlights of the íntimo team during the current campaign was its defensive solidity. The Victorians squad has the least beaten goal and until the match against the brewers, they hadn't conceded more than two goals in a match.
Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal will face each other again in the final of the Liga 1 Betsson. Photo: Professional Football League
This streak came to an end with the goals of Marcos Riquelme (twice) and Irven Ávila. Roberto Mosquera's team was superior in the course of the match and managed to breach Ángelo Campos' goal.
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It should be noted that the closest Alianza Lima came to conceding three goals was against Binacional, in the seventh round of the second tournament of the year. On that occasion, the Alianza goalkeeper suffered two goals in less than six minutes.
At the same time, César Vallejo, Sporting Cristal, and Cusco FC are the clubs that also scored the same amount of goals in Phase 1, while the Chankas did the same in the elimination round of the Bicentennial Cup.
On the other hand, we have to go back to November 2020 to find a defeat with more than three goals. It happened in the disastrous 2020 campaign, in which the íntimos temporarily lost their category. The poeta squad defeated them 4-1.