In the next few days, Willard continued his serious and hard-working training attitude, and took Dalia and Bonnie Fashaw to practice together every morning and evening.
August 16th and 17th is the second round match day of the second round. Because both groups A and B have 11 teams, one team in each round has a bye. The Hurricanes happen to have a bye in the second round. , Mario Binco very humanely gave the players two days off.
Willard did not rest, but took Dalia and Bonnie Fashaw to practice on their own. Although the effect of self-training in the past two days is not as good as the team training, the training rating is only B level, and the experience is only 3000, it is still better than nothing.
After this round of the league, the Hurricanes Athletics team, which had a bye in this round, dropped to fourth place. But even so, they are still within the top five promotion quotas, which shows how good the chances of promotion this season are.
On Monday, August 18, Willard spent another 13 skill points, increasing his defense to 73, his physique to 77, his awareness to 80, his speed to 63, his heading to 58, and his skills to 55. , there are 39 skill points remaining.
According to the system rules, Velarde's club is currently in the second level of the Al Arab League, and his skill attributes can only be increased to 80 at most. His "awareness" has reached its peak.
If you want to add higher attributes, you can only wait for the Hurricanes to be promoted to the A-League. Otherwise, no matter how many skill points you have, it will be useless.
Despite this, awareness as high as 80 is already rare in the second division league. In terms of defense, especially teamwork, Velarde performed quite well.
Coupled with the improvement of various other skills, the speed of Velarde's improvement in training has surprised the coaching staff and teammates.
But Velarde worked very hard regardless of training or additional training. Everyone can only attribute this to Velarde's serious efforts. They think that he is a late bloomer and his hard work can lead to miracles. They did not expect anything else.
Two days later, Willard's total experience reached level 10, 201,000/200,000, and he was automatically upgraded to level 11, 01,000/300,000. He received an upgrade reward of 20 skill points, and his balance rose to 59.
It turns out that 10 skill points are awarded for reaching levels 1-10, 20 skill points are awarded for reaching levels 11-20, and more and more skill points will be awarded at each subsequent stage.
On Saturday, in the third round of the second division, the Hurricanes challenged Salmiandu away from home. Velarde was automatically suspended for one game due to a red card, but he still went to the away game with the players who were not included in the squad. In the stands Cheer on your teammates.
In this game, Federico Bismara and Lucas Villaruel both started. The fourth midfielder Rolon got the opportunity to enter the squad, but both Bismara and Lucas Playing the entire game, Luo Long failed to get a chance to come on as a substitute.
The Hurricanes also failed to win this game, drawing a goalless draw with Salmiandu and still ranked fourth in the standings.
The next day, the team had a holiday, but Velarde did not practice on his own because Krisna called Velarde to go to school to play.
This time, Willard met another sister's classmate and the last roommate in their dormitory, Laurel Molly. However, she is not as beautiful as Krisina, Alyssa, and Bertha, and she looks a bit arrogant. She seems to look down on Willard, who is only playing as a substitute in the second-tier team.
Willard didn't care. After spending a day playing with a few people near the university, he returned to Devoto Town and continued his training routine.
On Monday, August 25th, Willard spent 10 skill points to increase his defense to 74, his physique to 78, his speed to 64, his heading to 59, and his technique to 56. The remaining skill points were 49.
With an awareness of 80, a physique of 78, and a defensive ability of 74, coupled with increasing speed, Velarde's performance in daily training is getting better and better, even better than Federico Bismara.
Unfortunately, due to suspension, Willard still cannot play.
In the fourth round of the second division match on August 29, Velarde continued to sit in the stands and watch the game due to an additional suspension. The Hurricanes unexpectedly lost 0-1 to Patronato. The ranking has dropped one place to fifth place, and it is only because of the goal difference advantage that it ranks higher than the next two opponents with the same points. It will soon fall out of the promotion zone.
Losing the game at home made Mario Binco extremely angry. He directly canceled the original plan for the next day's holiday and asked everyone to train as usual.
The teammates are quite depressed, but they dare not show it in front of the head coach, as that will cause trouble. However, Willard had no objection. He wished he could train at the base every day, so that at the end of the day he would have 5,000 A-level experience, instead of the 3,000 B-level experience of self-training.
On Monday, September 1st, Willard spent another 10 skill points to increase his defense to 75, his physique to 79, his speed to 65, his heading to 60, and his technique to 57. There were still skill points left. Next 39.
The next day, Tuesday, in the fifth round of the Albanian League B, the Hurricanes challenged Sportive Belgrano away, and Velarde continued to be suspended and sat in the stands. However, this is also the last game of his additional suspension, and he can play in the next game.
In this game, the Hurricanes performed better than in the previous round and scored first. Unfortunately, they failed to maintain the lead until the end and were equalized by their opponents in the second half.
In the end, the two sides fought to a 1-1 draw. The Hurricanes Athletics, which had only scored 1 point, dropped to 7th place in the standings and fell out of the promotion zone. This caused dissatisfaction among some fans, who flocked to the club's official website and left There were some curse words, including messages telling Mario Binco to get out of class.
However, the league has only started five rounds, so it is naturally impossible for the club to dismiss Mario Binco. What's more, the upset of defeating Boca Juniors 2-0 in the Argentine Cup away game is still around the corner, and the club is still willing to continue to give Binko time.
But Mario Binco himself, already a little nervous, began to seek changes.
Alan Willard is Mario Binco's dream hero.
As time goes by, Velarde's consciousness is 80, his physique is 79, his defensive ability is 75, and his speed has increased to 65. His abilities shown in training have far surpassed Federico Bis Mara has even reached the level of a defensive star in the A-League.
In addition, Bismara is older and has played several games in a row. The interval between the last two games is relatively short. Therefore, after the training on September 5, Mario Binco announced the results of the next day's game. At the time of the roster, Alan Willard, who had completed his suspension, entered the starting lineup and served as the single midfielder, while Bismara became the substitute.
Lucas Villaruel continued to start, playing in the midfield, and was lucky.
When Velarde's name appeared in the starting lineup and Bismara became a substitute, his teammates looked at Velarde a little strangely.
Although Velarde's recent progress, which is almost visible to the naked eye, has given everyone a premonition that he will one day replace Federico Bismara, when that day actually comes, everyone is still in a daze.
After all, Willard was only the team's fifth defensive midfielder last season. He only made two substitute appearances throughout the season, totaling less than 20 minutes. As a result, more than a month after the start of the new season, he had replaced the main midfielder Federico Bismara and won the starting position in the league.
Although there is a reason why the coach considered Bismara's consecutive starts and gave him a break, there is also a reason why the team has not won three games and the head coach is seeking changes.
But if Willard really seizes the opportunity and puts in an outstanding performance in this game, maybe the starting position of the defensive midfielder will be completely secured by Willard.
Many team members looked at Velarde and Bismara with something strange in their eyes.
Even Willard's friends Dalia and Bonnie Fashaw felt the strange atmosphere in the team at this time and did not dare to take the initiative to congratulate Willard.
Federico Bismara is a veteran in the team and has many close friends. Now that Velard has taken his place, it is inevitable that he will not be hostile to some teammates.
This is the reason why some teams' meritorious veterans are no longer capable of meeting the starting requirements, but the head coach still has to let him start. Those star players are not only involved in the factional struggle in the locker room, but also the emotional factors of the media, fans, and club executives.
If the head coach kicks a star veteran with outstanding achievements from the starting lineup and fails to win the game in the end, he will inevitably become the target of condemnation by the media and fans.
Fortunately, Bismara, who is over 30 years old, is more open-minded. After the roster was announced and disbanded, he took the initiative to find Velarde, hugged him, expressed congratulations, and hoped that he would show the same training skills. Performance and helping the team win.
The Hurricanes Athletic Team, which has not won in three rounds and has fallen to the lower reaches of the standings, must win this game. Even if the opponent is Atletico Tucumán, who is ranked first and remains unbeaten since the start of the new season, the Hurricanes must strive to win. Otherwise, the promotion may become a joke.
Federico Bismara's proactive display of kindness prevented infighting in the team's locker room. Other teammates also sent congratulations to Velarde after Bismara and hoped to play alongside him in the game. , helping the team win.
Willard didn't feel anything special.
Regardless of whether Federico Bismara likes it or not, with the system plug-in, he can improve a little bit every week, and he will eventually enter the starting lineup and occupy the starting position.
On the football field, strength has to speak for itself in the end. Otherwise, the coaching staff would not risk offending Bismara by putting Velarde in the starting lineup and letting Bismara sit on the bench.
It's because Velarde's defensive ability shown in training is already higher than Bismara's by more than one or two points.
With such a defensive level, it would be a waste if Willard continues to be placed on the bench, and it would also be inconsistent with his promotion performance.
It would make sense if the team's performance was good, but now that the team's performance is clearly not good, Mario Binco can no longer care about the ideas of Bismara and his friends. Improving performance is the first priority. Otherwise, if he can't advance, he will be dismissed from get out of class.
