However, the following season, he eventually became first-choice and started five out of nine UEFA Champions League matches during the capital side's victorious campaign, but was substituted by Casillas in the final against Bayer 04 Leverkusen after suffering an injury.
However, Sampaoli had a poor spell in Juan Aurich, directing only eight games, where five were lost and two were tied with Coopsol Trujillo and Alianza Lima, only winning against Cienciano 2–0 with goals of César Sánchez and Carlos Flores.
César Award | Cesar Department | Cesar Romero | Roger Sanchez | Julio César Chávez | César Pelli | César Franck | César | Sonia Sanchez | Cesar Chavez | Cesar Montano | Samuel Sánchez | Mark Sanchez | César Vallejo | César Gaviria | Cesar | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Marta Sánchez | Maria Quiñones-Sanchez | Julio César García | César Aira | Lawrie Sanchez | César de Missy | César Cui | Cesar Castellani | Augusto César Sandino | Aníbal Sánchez | Junior Sanchez | Júlio César Soares Espíndola | Julio César Romero |
However, after the signing of veteran César Sánchez from Tottenham Hotspur later in the year and the full recovery of Renan, he remained third-choice until the end of the campaign.