Jeriel de Santis will not forget June 26, 2024. On that date, the Venezuelan-Peruvian forward was able to score his first official goal with the Alianza Lima shirt. The event occurred within the framework of the first date of the City of Kings Cup in view of Bolivarat the Alejandro Villanueva stadium.
Around the 6th minute, the Alianza defensive block dismantled an attacking creation by the ‘Academy‘ and managed immediately a counterattack, with two touches, with the leading role of Kevin Serna -one of the outstanding figures of the contest due to his plethora of assists-, who did not think too much about giving the ball to De Santis.
At the moment he controlled the ball, Jeriel He settled down and took a right-footed shot on goal that slightly deflected off a central defender. Bolivar. It was impossible for the goalkeeper Ruben Cordano block the shot at the base of the goal, so he was beaten for the second time that night after the opening of Ricardo Lagos.
The celebration of the Venezuelan attacker, with Peruvian ties on his mother’s side, was such that he shouted with too much force and euphoria the target that constituted his scoring start with Lima Alliancea club that opted for his hiring from Boavista from the Primeira Liga (Portugal).
To add, De Santis He had a very clear chance to seal his double in Matuteafter a brilliant individual action in which he stole a ball from midfield to start a long run towards the opposite goal and being one-on-one with Cordanobut his definition touched the left post.
It should be noted that during the interseason, the ‘Lizard‘He was one of the most outstanding players in training and preparatory matches. It was known that in a friendly match he scored a hat-trick that can be considered as a motivational boost to face the last part of the season. League 1.
In the run-up to the new competition, the coach Alejandro Restrepo assured that “these two games that we are going to have give you that opportunity to continue growing.” in that footballing maturity, in that collective maturity and team cohesion, and that is the club’s intention with the realization of this championship.”
“We have to bring the fans closer, bring the people closer to Matute againto feel at home together again and to start building what will be the Clausura competition and with this type of rivals to acquire that hierarchy and maturity that the team needs in the face of the challenges to come,” he continued.
“Alianza always has to think about winning, we know how important it is to bring joy to our fans again. For teams like Alianza there cannot be friendly matches, even though we know that it is a preparation game but it is competitive,” he added.
Regarding the upcoming goals at Alianza Lima, Restrepo was clear: “We have set three fundamental objectivesfirst play good, better than what he has been doing and that is thanks to training. By playing well we will be close to the second objective, which is win many gamesmore than we won in the Apertura, with that we will be close to first place in the Clausura and have the possibility of champion in the end”.
