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Last Sunday, Universitario de Deportes wrote its name in the grand final of Liga 1 Betsson, after defeating Sport Huancayo 2-0, with goals from Edison Flores and Horacio Calcaterra. With this result, the cremas will be the rivals of Alianza Lima (winner of the Apertura Tournament), in home and away matches to determine the next champion of Peruvian soccer. Although Jorge Fossati's team surpassed Mauricio Larriera's team in the second half of the year, their points were not enough to catch up with the victorianos in the accumulated table, so it was Alianza Lima that was responsible for choosing the venues in this definitive stage of the local tournament.
In this sense, Depor was able to learn that -in the offices of the victorian club- they decided that the first match will take place at the Monumental stadium in Ate, this Saturday, November 4; while the rematch will take place at the Alejandro Villanueva stadium in Matute, next Wednesday 8. Both matches will be played at 8 pm.
And it is that, at Alianza Lima, they consider the support of their fans in the match that will determine the next national champion to be more than important, so they prioritized that to start as visitors and then host Universitario de Deportes at the Alejandro Villanueva stadium.
Pay attention to one detail, in the blanquiazul store they know that the final against their 'compadre' has a special flavor, since it is an unbeatable opportunity to get revenge for the 1999 and 2009 editions, when their eternal rival defeated them in national finals. On the student side, they are going all out to celebrate a national title again, which they have not achieved since 2013.
Universitario vs. Alianza Lima: how they reached the final
Universitario de Deportes qualified for the national title final after winning the 2023 Clausura Tournament. They obtained 39 points and finished in first place, one point ahead of Melgar, two points ahead of Alianza Lima, and three points ahead of Sporting Cristal. Jorge Fossati's team achieved eleven victories, six draws, and one defeat. In addition, they scored 28 goals and only conceded eight.
Alianza Lima, on the other hand, did the same with the 2023 Apertura Tournament, where they showed to be a real machine. They achieved 14 victories and four defeats in 18 matches played. In this way, they obtained 42 points and were 7 units ahead of the second place, Sporting Cristal. The íntimos were close to being tricampeones (they almost won the Clausura), but now they have the opportunity to achieve it against their classic rival.
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