Alex Valera played a friendly match with Al-Fateh: the striker had minutes in the preseason.

The arrival of Alex Valera to Al-Fateh generates great expectations, as he has shown great performance in recent seasons. The striker arrived at his new team's concentration in Slovenia on Wednesday night, had his first double training session on Thursday, and played a friendly match on Friday.

In the club's planning was the preparation match against Al-Nasr from the United Arab Emirates, which would serve to refine the team's collective performance. Due to the short time of physical work, coach Georgios Donis initially left the former Universitario player on the bench.

On the other hand, Christian Cueva started as a starter, but could only complete the first half of the match. Finally, in the second half, Alex Valera jumped onto the field and showed himself active in the attack, although he could not score.

It should be mentioned that the match ended with a 2-0 in favor of Al-Nasr and showed some aspects to improve in Al-Fateh. The team of Peruvians will continue training in the coming days and the squad aims to correct the mistakes for the start of the 2022-23 Saudi Professional League.

How many goals did Valera have in 2022?

In the first part of 2022, Alex Valera scored 12 goals and provided one assist in 17 matches with the Universitario jersey in the Liga 1. Additionally, he played two matches in the Copa Libertadores, but could not score. On the other hand, the striker scored two goals in two friendly matches with the Peruvian national team at the beginning of the year.