Christian Cueva at Alianza Lima: How was your first time at the club?

the midfield Christian Cuevain the absence of signature of the contract, entered into an agreement with Lima Covenant for his return after 8 years. The Peruvian midfielder is one of the rookies of the year in the League 1 and will have to face the challenge of collaborating to obtain the triple championship and overcome the club’s previous campaigns in the Libertadores Cup.

Despite ‘Aladdin‘He did not debut or train in the minor divisions of the draw’narrow‘, his first experience at the club was between 2014 and 2015. This earned him a call to the Peruvian team and emigrating overseas, however, also had its tough times.

Christian Cueva signed for Lima Covenant in August 2014, from Vallecano Ray of Spainclub in which he played two games, one for The league and another for Copa del Rey. At that time, the midfielder was 23 years old and considered a promise of Peruvian football after his promising debut in professional football at the club. University San Martin between 2008 and 2012.

“Without a doubt I have just been champion with Lima Covenant and make a good campaign in the South American Cup and I already want to play, I hope things go smoothly, to be on the pitch and to offer the best. There is a commitment on my part, to be able to give the best of myself and become a champion with Alianza, which is my dream and for that I have to work to bring joy to the fans, to the family and to myself- same,” he said in his presentation.

The first months of Christian Cueva In Lima Covenant they were positive. The technician team of this moment, Guillermo Sanguinetti, who had finished eleventh in the Opening, lifted and fought hand in hand with Sports Crystal Closing title. In his second game, ‘Aladdin‘ scored a superb goal to beat Ayacucho 2-1 at Matute, he first took down an opponent at high speed and then finished from outside the box.

During this campaign, he played 15 games, in which he scored three goals and provided five assists. THE ‘narrow‘ finished the Clausura tied for first with Sports Crystalfor which they defined the title in an extra match.

Christian Cueva surprisingly he was a substitute in that final, he had been the undisputed starter all season, and he only came on at 59 minutes when Lima Covenant lost 1-0 with a goal of Sebastian White, but could do nothing to reverse the result. Shortly after, El Comercio reported that the reason for his replacement was a solid argument he had with Guillermo Sanguinettibecause of his desire that Victor Cedron being owner. According to the outlet, ‘AladdinHe disrespected his coach by insulting him and telling him he didn’t know how to plan games.

Lima Covenant started the 2015 season against Hurricane of Argentina in the previous phase of the Libertadores Cup. In the first leg, the ‘Blue and white‘ suffered a 4-0 win which virtually eliminated them, so at the end of the game a group of fans came out to berate the players as they drove off in their cars.

In the middle of the tumult, Christian Cueva got out of his car with Miguel Araujo To answer them, the defender slapped one of the supporters, a fact that caused a lot of controversy and angered the fans.white blue‘. Because of this, the next day pints appeared outside mature which said “Araujo HDP, Cueva go away”. Later, a group of baristas went to practice and attacked Cueva, Araujo, Víctor Cedrón and Gabriel Costa.

Christian Cueva overcame the unfortunate episode with the baristas and showed great level in the Inca Cup, where he registered his best figures as a player of Alliance of Lima. In ten games he scored six goals, provided five assists and led the team to the final, although they again lost 1-0 with Cesar Vallejo.

At the start of the Overture, ‘Aladdin‘ was back in the eye of the storm. In his second match, he was sent off in a 3-2 win against San Martinto walk on Wilder Cartagena, and received two suspension dates. On his return, he again receives the red card during the famous match against true garcilasoin which referee Ramón Blanco expelled four playersBlue and white‘. The lack of ‘small cave‘ insulted and grabbed the judge’s hand to stop him showing the red card to a colleague, for which he received six suspension dates, although it was later reduced to three.

After this incident, Christian Cueva was summoned to America’s Cup 2015 For Ricardo Garecawho received criticism for preferring it to Christian Benavente. However, he had a great performance, so he returned to Lima Covenant and only played one game before migrating to Toluca of Mexico.

In all, ‘Aladdin‘He played 31 games with a shirt’white blue‘ in all competitions, in which he scored nine goals and provided eleven assists. At that time, he had for companions Gabriel Costa, Pablo Miguez there Aldair Rodriguezwho were part of the staff of Lima Covenant of those years and are still part of the current team.