Diego Rebagliati highlighted the level of Yordi Vílchez in the growth of Alianza Lima

Alianza Lima has experienced really significant growth in the last matches of Liga 1 2022. The victory against UTC that they played at home served as an impulse that favored this cause, but the rout scored in the classic to Universitario de Deportes was even more decisive for this upline. In that sense, part of this improvement is also the responsibility of Yordi Vilchez, whom Diego Rebagliati recently praised and considers him one of the team's surprises.

“On the board where they designed the campus it was with three in the back, with Mora and Lagos on the sides. But the great discovery of Alianza Lima and the most interesting thing was that a player like Vilchez appeared, who was a good defender and has become a very good defender, almost to play in any of the four positions. In addition, he is a player with a physical rhythm, long pass and with the ability to win aerial play and duels, which puts him at an elite level of Peruvian football, clearly. I don't want to mention selection issues or anything like that because everything is very sensitive,” said the sports commentator on Movistar Deportes' 'Al Angulo' program.

And it is that the 'blanquiazul' team started the year forming with a line of 3 in the defense with Oslimg Mora and Ricardo Lagos as right and left wingers, respectively. However, the poor start that the team had left them in the middle of the table down in the local tournament, which caused coach Carlos Bustos to look for a way to find a solution to this problem, taking into account that the matches for Copa Libertadores were coming.

It is only necessary to analyze and revise the statistics that were thrown from the 'intimates' at the end of March: 8 goals conceded, 6 in favor and lost 3 times. Numbers that moved away from what was shown in 2021, when they were the least defeated team in the championship and with just 2 defeats throughout the year (against Sporting Cristal in the regular stage). Hence, the Argentine coach has chosen to make some modifications with the tests of other tactical systems and that they were examined in the friendlies against Alfonso Ugarte, Alianza Universidad and Deportivo Coopsol, which were played on the occasion of the qualifying round.

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SYSTEM CHANGE

In this period, Vilchez was already a starter in the 'Victorian' cast. However, their growth came to light with the change from 5-3-2 (with Mora and Lagos as lanes) to 4-2-3-1, with 4 central defenses in the background. Precisely, the defender took the right-back position and more than complied.

“Vilchez is playing at a very high level. He is the best defender of Alianza Lima. He was the best against River Plate having to defend in the low block, he was the best against the 'U' playing in an area where he could come and go. In other words, Alianza Lima has added to the squad a player who already had it and ends up giving him solutions in more than one position. That's great,” added the former leader.

In front of the 'Millonaria' squad, Yordi served as a defender on the left and formed a wall with Christian Ramos and Pablo Miguez. However, the fact that I lost by 1 to 0 left the taste more bitter than sweet.

Although before Universitario it was where one of his best versions was seen. And it is that despite not being a right-back by nature, he played in that position and did it at a great level. He had the necessary peace of mind to play under the pressure of the rival and made precise long passes that ended up causing danger in the opposite area. He was only surpassed in Iván Santillán's bullfight by his band that culminated in Miguez's own goal, but later, he was confident and demonstrated his multipurpose aptitude.

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