League 1 Peru 2024 standings after the victories of Cusco FC vs Melgar and UTC vs Garcilaso

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League 1 2024 standings table

Table of positions: On Friday, January 26, League 1 2024 began with the first date of the Apertura Tournament with two matches. The remaining seven games will take place on Saturday the 27th, Sunday the 28th and Monday the 29th.

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The first big one that will have action in the highest local football competition is Sporting Cristal. The ‘celestes’, in the debut of Brazilian coach Enderson Moreira, will receive Asociación Deportiva Tarma at the Alberto Gallardo stadium, which also debuts coach, the Argentine Carlos Desio. This will be on Saturday from 3:00 p.m. in Peru.

One day later, on Sunday the 28th, the defending champion of the national title, Universitario de Deportes will begin its path to the two-time championship. Fabián Bustos, who will also have his first official game in office, will look for a victory during his visit to Carlos A. Mannucci at Mansiche de Trujillo, which is now directed by Franco Navarro. The ball will start rolling at 5:00 p.m. and it is expected to have the presence of some reinforcements such as midfielder Jairo Concha, goalkeeper Sebastián Britos and forward Diego Dorregaray.

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Just three hours later, starting at 8:00 p.m., Alianza Lima will clash with Universidad César Vallejo at the National Stadium in Lima, which will be packed with ‘blue and white’ fans. This will be a clash of styles, the intensity of those led by Colombian Alejandro Restrepo in the face of the possession of the ball imposed by Roberto Mosquera. The reunion of Josepmir Ballón and Cristian Benavente with the ‘intimate’ fans is awaited.

The first match of the competition took place at the Germán Contreras Jara Municipal Stadium in Cajamarca, where UTC was able to win 1-0 over Deportivo Garcilaso with a score from Colombian attacker Víctor Pelaza. The ‘little piece of heaven’ suffered two expulsions after a VAR review, that of midfielder Carlos Beltrán and that of goalkeeper Diego Penny.

UTC faced Deportivo Garcilaso for the first date of the 2024 Liga 1 Apertura Tournament

Cusco FC beat Melgar 3-2 at the UNSA Monumental stadium in Arequipa. The ‘golden’ gave the surprise as a visitor thanks to the goals of Juan Manuel Tévez (double) and Lucas Colitto. Coach Pablo de Muner’s team scored through Bernardo Cuesta and Pablo Lavandeira.

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The Saturday day is completed with the duel between Sport Huancayo and Sport Boys at the IPD stadium in the city from 5:30 p.m. Then, Cienciano receives Comerciantes Unidos at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega stadium in Cusco.

On Sunday the 28th, Atlético Grau will debut in the Apertura Tournament against Alianza Atlético in the derby of the city of Piura and on Monday the 29th, Los Chankas will play a match in the first division for the first time after their promotion and will face Unión Comercio .

Table of positions for the Apertura Tournament of Liga 1 Peru 2024

Friday January 26

Technical University of Cajamarca 1-0 Deportivo Garcilaso (Municipal Stadium Germán Contreras Jara)

Melgar 2-3 Cusco FC (UNSA Monumental stadium)

Saturday January 27

Sporting Cristal vs ADT (estadio Alberto Gallardo | L1 MAX)

Sport Huancayo vs Sport Boys (IPD stadium of Huancayo | L1 MAX)

Cienciano vs Comerciantes Unidos (Inca Garcilaso de la Vega stadium | L1 MAX)

Sunday January 28

Atlético Grau vs Alianza Atlético (Campeones del 36 stadium | L1 MAX)

Carlos Mannucci vs Universitario (Estadio Mansiche | GOLPERU)

Alianza Lima vs César Vallejo (National Stadium | L1 MAX)

Monday January 29

Los Chankas vs Unión Comercio (Los Chankas stadium | L1 MAX)