Alianza Lima confirmed that Luis Ramos suffered a tear in the long adductor muscle of his right thigh after medical exams conducted in the last hours. The forward had gone in with muscle discomfort, and the club said he has already started recovery work under the supervision of its medical staff.

The announcement arrives just before Alianza Lima’s trip to face Cienciano, a match carrying real weight in the fight for the Torneo Apertura. Ramos was not expected to be part of the delegation anyway, and the injury now makes that absence official rather than tactical. The club did not give a recovery timetable.

For Ramos, the setback interrupts a run that had been building little by little inside a team where Pablo Guede had not used him in every match. He had still contributed two assists, but he had not scored for Alianza Lima this season, leaving his numbers useful without yet changing the attack in a decisive way. That is what made the injury land harder inside a squad preparing for one of its most demanding away fixtures.

The timing matters because Cienciano is not just another opponent. The clash comes in a stretch where every point shapes the Apertura race, and Alianza Lima had been looking at Ramos as a player who could add something different in a match of that kind. His experience in Cusco, built during his time at Cusco FC, would normally matter in a game played at altitude, where familiarity with the setting can be an edge.

Instead, Alianza Lima must go without him and wait for the recovery process to define how long the loss will last. The club’s medical staff will now control the next stage, and without an official return date, the most immediate consequence is simple: Ramos is out, and the team heads to Cienciano with one fewer option than it expected.