Alianza Atlético met Sporting Cristal at 3:00 pm on the sixth date of the Torneo Clausura at Campeones del 36 in Sullana, but the match was played behind closed doors and without public. It was a home fixture that the club’s supporters could not enter, even though the stadium had already cleared the observations raised by the Fiscalía.
The game drew attention because it arrived at a moment when both sides had something to protect. Sporting Cristal came in after a 4-1 win over Sport Huancayo in the Rímac, while Alianza Atlético had just taken a 1-1 draw against ADT in Tarma. In that previous match, Jorge del Castillo was expelled and was unavailable here, leaving Federico Urciuoli to manage a team that still wanted to defend its place near the top.
For readers in Sullana, the reason this match mattered was simple: it was a big league game at home, and the stands stayed empty. The Police did not give the guarantees after the fixture was declared high risk, and that decision overrode the earlier lifting of Fiscalía observations. As a result, the club’s fans were again shut out of a match that would normally have filled the stadium.
That is the friction in this case. One authority had already cleared the stadium’s observations, but the Police still withheld the permits needed for supporters to attend. The official line left the venue legally usable for football, yet practically closed to the public, which is why the empty stands became the story as much as the result on the pitch.
According to the club leadership, the next time fans were expected back was September 4, when Alianza Atlético was set to face UTC of Cajamarca on the eighth date. Until then, the match against Sporting Cristal stood as the latest sign that the stadium’s return to normal was still tied to a decision outside the club’s control.
