A dramatic night saw the definition of the semi-finals of the League 1 2025 play-offs. In the penalty shootout Sergio Pena He took on the responsibility of starting the series and taking his team to the top. However, the Alianza Lima player’s shot from half-height was parried Diego Enriquez.
Then the nine players hit their shots and Sporting Cristal celebrated on the field intimate. In this context, the former football player Malmo in Sweden He took to his social networks to apologize to the fans of Alianza Lima, who in one night saw how their team will once again be Peru 4 and Nestor Gorosito He will not continue to command the squad.
Accompanied by a picture of him and his brother wearing Alianza Lima clothing as children, the 30-year-old Peruvian athlete made it clear that Victorian unity has always been there played an important role in his life. He then explained that all his successes at the international level would never equate to winning a national title with the painting of his loved ones.
“None of these dreams compare to the one I still have in my head and in my heart Become a champion with the club that made me grow“, he shared. For this reason, he apologized to the club’s supporters. blue and white for missing the maximum penalty, which opened the key to the definitions from the twelve steps.
“I apologize for yesterday’s game, I apologize if I didn’t live up to as many or all expectations in a game, I have never done anything with bad intentions“, he admitted. However, he assured that in his vision he would never regret firing the shot, because “I blame myself for not daring“That’s not a phrase I preach.
Finally, the player assured that his intention and that of the players in the current squad is to bring the club back to the top of national football. “I won’t die without winning the championship with this wonderful club” he expressed. “I have achieved everything I set out to do in life and each of those goals have had setbacks, this will be no exception,” he concluded.
Sergio Peña moved to Alianza Lima midway through the 2025 season, returning to the club that made him grow with great enthusiasm and promise Give back to the club everything it has given and allowed him to venture abroad. The board’s aim in signing him was undoubtedly to achieve the national title, a floating dream that the player himself proclaimed during his career.
Despite the initial enthusiasm, Peña’s level in the local tournament was declining did not perform as expected in some games. However, his contribution was significant in the Copa Sudamericana, where Alianza Lima starred in a great series.
Despite efforts to strengthen the squad and international brilliance, The main goal was not achieved. Alianza Lima did not win the Liga 1 2025 national title and therefore qualified as Peru 4 for the next edition of the Copa Libertadores.
Alianza Lima ended the 2025 season bitterly. Despite the joy at international level, the defeat against Sporting Cristal means that the intimate institution will start the next Copa Libertadores from the previous phasejust like this course.
Now, without the leadership of Néstor Gorosito, the La Victoria team will try to replicate What was done against Nacional (PAR), Boca Junior and Deportes Iquique to establish themselves in the group stage of the continent’s most important tournament?
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