Following Toranso's cross and Thomson Milla's header, a small number of Hurricanes away fans in a corner of the stands jumped to their feet, shouting and cheering wildly.
"ah!!!"
"We scored!"
"Thomson Mira!"
"We evened the score!"
“There’s still hope for the Hurricanes!”
The coaches and substitute teammates on the sidelines also excitedly rushed to where Thomson Mira and others were celebrating, surrounded Thomson Mira who scored the goal, and celebrated wildly.
Of course, Toranso who assisted and Alan Willard who successfully grabbed the ball in the backcourt also hugged everyone excitedly and celebrated warmly.
Toranso, who had already felt exhausted after running 50 meters, saw Thomson Milla head his cross ball in, and suddenly a surge of energy surged through his body. He became more alive and felt like he could continue. Hold on for a while.
The Hurricanes' celebration lasted for more than half a minute, and it was suspected of delaying the time. The home team couldn't stand it any longer and complained to the referee before the head referee stepped forward to stop it. Toranso and others ended their celebration and returned to their own half, allowing the University of La Plata to kick the ball in the circle.
After the game restarted, the Hurricane Athletic Team's spirit was greatly boosted, and they became more powerful and more energetic in both offense and defense. Even Toranso, Lucas and other frontcourt offensive players who were constantly sprinting back and forth and whose physical fitness was showing signs of decline, still mustered up their energy and continued to run back and forth to participate in defense and counterattack.
Defenders such as Velarde and Mancinelli also defended harder, using their physical running to make up for the lack of numbers in the defence.
Of course, from taking the lead to being equalized by the Hurricanes, the University of La Plata, who played at home, also went a little crazy.
It's really embarrassing that a top-notch A-level player was forced to do this by a B-level team. Not to mention losing, even if the game is tied in 90 minutes and dragged into overtime by the Hurricanes, they are not willing to do so.
Therefore, after the game restarted, Estudiantes of La Plata went all out and attacked wildly, trying to defeat the Hurricanes and regain the lead.
But the Hurricane Athletics, under the command of Willard, defused wave after wave of college students' attacks, and occasionally managed a counterattack. It's a pity that he was unlucky and failed to score.
In the 74th minute, Toranso couldn't hold on any longer and was replaced by Mario Binco with Daria. Velarde's friend Daria got another chance to come on as a substitute in such an important game.
Although Dalia's offensive strength is not as good as Toranso's, he can use his abundant physical fitness to sprint back and forth to help defend and assist the offense, stabilizing the Hurricanes' right corridor.
In the 79th minute, Lucas Villaruel could not hold on any longer. Mario Binco replaced him with Federico Bismara and switched to a double midfielder to strengthen defense.
In the last ten minutes, the La Plata University students attacked like crazy. In the last few minutes, even the goalkeeper stood near the center circle, looking eager to try.
However, under the roaring cheers of a small number of die-hard fans, the Hurricanes used a united defense to run out the regular game time.
The most dangerous time was when the corner kick taken by the University of La Plata was grabbed by center Joaquin Correa and headed towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Marcos Dias had already surrendered. Fortunately, Velarde, who was standing in the small penalty area, realized something was wrong and rushed back to the goal in time, jumped up on the goal line, blocked the ball with the back of his head, and then He was kicked out of the penalty area by his teammates and made a save.
After completing the clearance, Villard didn't even stop the car. He fell into the goal and fell onto the net before being stopped.
Willard used a thrilling goal-line rescue to defuse the opponent's almost certain header this time.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the 90-minute regular game. University of La Plata and Hurricane Athletics tied 1-1, and the game was dragged into overtime.
The commentators sighed one after another:
"The 90 minutes were over and both sides had to go into overtime."
"Escholastica La Plata, who scored the first goal, failed to hold on to their lead, and the Hurricanes scored a counterattack goal in the 67th minute to equalize the score."
“In the following games, although the College students pressed forward crazily and bombarded the Hurricanes wave after wave, the Hurricanes, led by Alan Willard, withstood the College students’ onslaught and persisted. At the end of the 90 minutes the game was over."
"The most dangerous time was when Joaquín Correa's header almost flew into the goal. Velard rushed to the goal line in time, jumped up and blocked the ball with the back of his head."
"If it weren't for Velarde, Estudiantes would have settled the battle within 90 minutes."
"It is doubtful whether the La Plata University students, who thought they were sure to win, were prepared for overtime or even a penalty shootout."
"The Hurricanes equalized the score when they were behind and dragged the game into overtime. Therefore, their morale must be very high and it is entirely possible for them to come back and explode again in the form of the second-division team eliminating the first-division team. Get an upset and advance to the semi-finals.”
"What's the specific result? Let's wait a moment and overtime will start soon."
There is no rest time between regular matches and overtime, but in actual practice, everyone must be very tired after playing for 90 minutes. Drink some water, eat some candy, chocolate, bananas, etc. to replenish your physical fitness. Panting and breathing is normal operation.
The coach can also take the opportunity to arrange the tactics for overtime.
The players were drinking water and eating while listening to the coach's tactics for overtime. Of course, when drinking water, you don’t really need to drink it. You just pour it into your mouth and rinse it to trick your mouth and taste. You cannot really drink it, or you only take a very small sip. Otherwise, what should I do if I urinate in the middle of the game?
This is the same as eating. On the day of the competition, you should not eat too much, be too full, or eat spicy or diarrhea-causing foods to avoid wanting to go to the toilet during the competition.
Being able to draw with Estudiantes of La Plata and dragging the game into overtime is more than half of the success. Therefore, at this time, Mario Binco no longer insisted on the risky tactics of attacking the opponent, but asked Federico Bismara to retreat to the back line and play as a back four.
At the same time, Gonzano Martinez also retreated and partnered with Velarde in the double midfielder to participate in defense. Shadow forward Espinosa retreated to the midfielder line and took on the responsibility of organizing the offense. The Hurricanes changed their formation to 4231 and began to strengthen their defense.
Of course, Giman Mandalino and Dalia on both sides must also return to defense in time. In particular, Dalia, who only came on as a substitute in the second half, was full of energy and was asked by Mario Binco to track back more and not rush forward too much.
Previously, it was Velarde's on-the-spot command on the court, asking everyone to step back and help defend, but the main task of Martinez, Dalia and others is to attack. Now, it is the head coach who asks everyone to retreat and strengthen defense from the team's tactical level. This unified coordination is naturally stronger than Willard's on-the-spot command.
After a few minutes of rest, the first half of overtime officially began.
"The first half of overtime has officially begun."
“The home team Universidad de La Plata received a strong challenge from Atletico Hurricanes today.”
"During the 90 minutes of regular competition, the two sides were evenly matched and tied 1-1."
"If the college team wants to defeat the Hurricanes and advance to the semi-finals, they must try to resolve the battle within 120 minutes. Otherwise, if it drags on to a penalty shootout, there will be too many uncertain factors. It does not mean that the A-level team will be better than the B-level team if they take penalty kicks. The team is great.”
"Let's see if the college students can break the deadlock in overtime and regain the lead!"
In the commentary of the commentators, the La Plata University students launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the overtime, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity they still have physical fitness to score quickly and beat the Hurricanes Athletics.
The Hurricanes, which have shrunk their defense, do have a lot of room in the back, but Mario Binco may not have considered the issue of defense coordination.
If Lucas Villaruel is on the court, he plays as a central midfielder or midfielder, is good at defense, and cooperates well with Velarde, so there will basically be no problems.
But Gonzano Martinez is mainly focused on organizing offense. If you ask him to retreat to the midfielder line and partner with Velarde to defend with two midfielders, it's not that he can't defend, but his tacit cooperation with Velarde will be much worse.
When the game came to the 101st minute of overtime, when college midfielder Roman Martinez received a pass from his teammate and faced Velarde, Velarde faced him head-on, preparing to steal.
At this time, as Velarde's partner, Gonzano Martinez should have been marking Damonte, the opponent's other midfielder, to avoid Roman Martinez passing the ball. Because Velarde's frontal defensive ability is so good, even players from the A-level team generally find it difficult to break through him head-on, and most of them end up passing the ball out.
As a result, Gonzano Martinez did not understand the spirit of assisting defense, nor did he pay attention to Velarde's advance. He ran towards Roman Martinez almost simultaneously with Velarde to intercept.
This was an opportunity seized by Roman Martinez. Before Velarde and Gonzano Martinez could get close, he directly passed the ball diagonally and passed the ball from Velarde and Gonzano Martinez. It passed through the gap between them and reached the front of the penalty area.
Damonte, another college midfielder, rushed past Gonzano Martinez, successfully received the ball behind him, and then passed the ball over the head of defender Mancinelli. The ball was sent to the gap in the penalty area.
Forward Oski caught the ball in the space on the right side of the Hurricanes penalty area and shot a shot, causing the nearest defender Santiago Echeberria to fly to block the hole of the gun. Goalkeeper Marcos Dias also flew towards the near corner of the goal to block it. .
As a result, Oski faked a shot and passed the ball. He did not really shoot, but made a cross pass and passed the ball into the small penalty area in front of the goal.
This time it's really the end.
La Plata University center Carrillo rushed into the penalty area, grabbed a close shot before Mancinelli returned to defend, and easily kicked the ball into the door of the Hurricanes Athletics.
Goalkeeper Marcos Dias was tricked by Oski to the right side of the goal. He was unable to do anything about the ball and couldn't even make a save.
The Estudiantes of La Plata took advantage of the defensive cooperation loopholes between Gonzano Martinez and Alan Velarde to finally break through the Hurricanes' defense and scored another goal in the 101st minute of overtime to reset the score. Expanded to 2-1.
