With River Plates 8 1 the heaviest goals against Alianza Lima

With River Plate’s 8-1: the heaviest goals against Alianza Lima for the Copa Libertadores

Alianza Lima showed his worst performance in a long time in this conclusion of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2022. A humiliating 8-1 defeat at River Plate saw the Peruvian champions bid farewell with the most painful victory of all the competition he has suffered during his participation in the tournament.

This win is also the biggest for the Peru team in the history of the cup (the previous one being Cruzeiro’s 7-1 in 1976). With this humiliating loss, he completed his presentation as the absolute Colero by adding a single unit.

Goals came from Julián Álvarez (6), Santiago Simón and Elías Gómez. Pablo Lavandeira conceded a penalty for Carlos Bustos’ side.

This was River Plate’s eighth goal

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Defeat Alianza Lima in the Copa Libertadores

  • Independent 4-0 Alianza Lima | 1964
  • Alianza Lima 0-4 Cruzeiro | 1976
  • Cruzeiro 7-1 Alianza Lima | 1976
  • Palmeiras 4-0 Alianza Lima | 1979
  • Sports Recife 5-0 Alianza Lima | 1988
  • Alianza Lima 0-4 Gremio | 1997
  • Sao Paulo 4-0 Alianza Lima | 2007
  • Alianza Lima 0-4 Hurricane | 2015
  • Boca Juniors 5-0 Alianza Lima | 2018
  • River Plate 8-1 Alianza Lima | 2022.

That 8-1 win over River Plate marks the worst result for a Peruvian team since the 8-0 Binacional suffered in 2020, also curiously against River Plate. For this edition he equalized the 8-1 scored by Palmeira’s Independiente Petrolero at home.

What did the international press say about Alianza Lima?

Argentinian media such as Olé, TyC Sports, La Nación, among others, described the day as a “beating” and “historic night”. They also highlighted the six goals Álvarez scored in what was likely to be his last game in the stripes before joining Manchester City.

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Carlos Bustos felt embarrassed after beating Alianza Lima

“We’re ashamed, sorry. We’re dealing with a competitor who’s running for the cup, but Alianza Lima is definitely too big for these kinds of presentations,” the blue-and-white coach explained at a press conference.