River finished his participation in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores with sheer force, leaving Alianza Lima from Peru on the way, and waiting for the draw to meet their next rival in round of 16.
The denouement came very quickly, because at 18 minutes Julián Alvarez had scored two goals. In both definitions he was assisted by Santiago Simón. The striker could have played his last game at the club, before he left for England, and his farewell was in the best way.
The result intensified the adverse streak that Peruvians are going through. Alianza has the worst negative record for games without victories in the Copa Libertadores with 29; it has the most negative goal difference of all (-148). In addition, it is part of the small group of teams that exceeded 100 defeats in the competition (they are the only ones that suffered them in so few games played, with 174).
Peruvians accumulate 12 consecutive setbacks as a visitor for the Cup. The last time they celebrated a victory was in 2012, against Nacional de Montevideo, which at that time was led by Marcelo Gallardo.
The end of the first half allowed Alvarez stretch your personal account by scoring the third goal, with a mid-distance shot in which the ball entered next to Campos’ right post.
Alvarez’s glorious night continued in the second half, with three other definitions of hierarchy -in the first he stole the ball from the goalkeeper-, and finish a consecration meeting before his public. Simón interrupted the string of his teammate with a goal touching the ball below the goal.
The Peruvians looked disconcerted at the power of their rival, and anxiously awaited the end of the match. But they had to suffer another goal: the seventh, which came after a great definition by Elías Gómez. River’s punishment, despite the Peruvian discount, was too much for the visitors.