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Universitario de Deportes
The cream team has the main chances of being able to win the Clausura Tournament and force finals against Alianza Lima. However, a great concern for Jorge Fossati is that he has a determining player in the box for this weekend's match against Sport Huancayo at the Monumental stadium: his top scorer Alex Valera.
The highest scorer of the merengue team with 14 goals already has four yellow cards, and if he receives a fifth, he would miss a potential semi-final - in case another team is crowned Clausura champion - or the first leg final against the "íntimos". For now, Depor has learned that 'Valegol' would not start against the 'Rojo Matador' this Sunday.
Alianza Lima
In the case of the íntimos, although they do not depend on themselves to win the Clausura and become automatic tricampeones, they must still secure a victory to have that possibility. For the match against Deportivo Garcilaso in Cusco, Mauricio Larriera will have to decide whether to save or not Jesús Castillo, a starting midfielder and a fundamental piece of the team, as he is in the box.
The same fate awaits Christian Cueva, a footballer who, although he does not have a secure place in the starting eleven, tends to enter the matches in the second half and it is possible that he will also have minutes this Sunday. Although the idea of Alianza Lima is not to have finals, the situation has become complicated after the last draw against ADT and they are thinking about potential finals.
Sporting Cristal
The team led by Tiago Nunes is in fourth place but still has possibilities to reach a semi-final or final. As for the team, they have two players in the box who must take care not to receive a fifth yellow card, and one of them is a defender: Nicolás Pasquini. The left-back and recent signing is one of the players under scrutiny, as well as Martín Távara, a midfielder for the team. For now, it is not known if both players will or will not start in their match this Sunday against Alianza Atlético at the Alberto Gallardo stadium.
FBC Melgar
The rojinegro team, although it does not depend on itself, can try to play semi-finals by not reaching the first or second place in the accumulated table. For their match this Sunday against Binacional in Juliaca, the team from Arequipa has their top scorer in the box: Bernardo Cuesta. The team's top scorer with 16 goals must be careful not to receive a fifth yellow card in case his team is lucky and the results can play in their favor.
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