An Alianza Lima player took the courage to denounce: "Conmebol would be better off having Boca here"

Boca faces Alianza Lima in the rematch of phase 2 of the 2025 Copa Libertadores . It will be a heated match because of what is at stake, since the Xeneize must win by two goals to advance to the next phase. But also, because of everything said before the match, with complaints from Alianza Lima about the refereeing and Conmebol .

"The victory was short due to the goal chances we had. They had the ball for a while, but we were superior. We know that maybe Conmebol, for marketing reasons, is better off having Boca. As Gorosito said, there is a certain fear of what could happen due to the refereeing and things like that," said Erick Noriega, Alianza Lima player, on L1 MAX.

Noriega was a protagonist in the first leg in Peru , as he created the play that led to the only goal of the match. But he also received a yellow card at the start of the match, which Boca protested as a possible red card. But for him and Pipo Gorosito , it warrants complaints against Boca.

“I don’t think it’s normal that he’s refereeing us again, it’s not normal,” said Gorosito when asked by Piero Maza , the Chilean referee for the rematch, who had just refereed Alianza Lima’s victory over Nacional in the previous round. “We had the virtue of having won that match, but it doesn’t normally happen like this, that a referee referees two matches in a row ,” said Gorosito.

After the first leg, Gorosito gave a warning about the refereeing. “ I was very surprised by the referee, I have a big fear on the Boca pitch . One minute later, Erick (Noriega) was given a yellow card, then Barcos was fouled in the middle of the pitch, nothing. Four minutes in, Trauco was given a yellow card, then Barcos was given a yellow card after he was fouled. I am scared there (La Bombonera), very scared, ” said Gorosito.

“They never killed a football player on a pitch, right? It’s nothing. It’s eleven against eleven. People don’t go onto the pitch. For me, it’s all nonsense. Then if Zeballos does a bicycle kick and hits it into the corner, it’s the player’s virtue, not the pitch’s ,” Pipo also added about La Bombonera.

"We are going to face a great team from America and the world, like Boca, with all that that means. But they have not won the Libertadores since 2007. Whatever Boca has done in its history and the titles it has, they are not the same current players and they are not the ones that are going to enter the field today," Gorosito began by saying in a conversation with ESPN a few days ago.

??Erick Noriega, defender of Alianza Lima, on the rematch against Boca Juniors:

“We know that maybe for marketing reasons @CONMEBOL would prefer Boca to be here.

As Gorosito said, there is a certain fear of what could happen with the issue of refereeing and such things." pic.twitter.com/EHMm4AXT6t