Cesar Vallejo, an uncomfortable opponent for this Sporting Cristal

The defeat against Universitario left Sporting Cristal with virtually no chance of winning the AperturaTherefore, the goal in the first half of the year is to rank CONMEBOL Sudamericana as 3rd in its group in Libertadores.

To do this, Tiago Nunes’ team is forced to beat The Strongest on Tuesday (9:00 pm) at home, but before that they need to break a streak of five matches without a win (3 for League 1 and 2 for Libertadores). A context that has not lived since the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022.

Cesar Vallejo is the contender to be defeated on Friday (3:30 pm) In order to return to victory road and regain their mental and spherical confidence before a decisive match for their future in the international competition.

However, the poetic club will not be and have not been connoisseurs of dessert for Sporting Cristal lately: Reminiscence have gone five matches without beating their next opponent in service, summed up by three defeats and two draws.

What Cristal can benefit from is that Vallejo have been beaten: they weren’t able to maintain their edge against Atlético Grau and Municipal, and lost 4-0 to Botafogo in CONMEBOL Sudamericana.

Lines and statistics aside, Thiago Nunes’ team needs to regain the confidence they enjoyed two weeks ago, so the first step is to defeat Cesar Vallejo and renew the faith of the Riemann fans in Alberto Gallardo.