The Hurricanes Athletics had six frontcourt offensive players, attacking one after another. Even though Sarmiandu was playing defensive counterattack, with five defenders and three midfielders, the defense was still a bit precarious.
Seeing this, some people started to foul, trying to give the Hurricanes a kick.
In the 12th minute, Espinosa broke through from the left wing and was about to penetrate the penalty area diagonally. He was tackled outside the penalty area with a flying tackle from the opponent's full-back Pablo Aguilar.
Although Aguilar was shown a yellow card by the referee, Espinoza also suffered some skin injuries.
However, it was too early, and Espinosa told the team doctor that he could still play, so Mario Binco was not substituted in advance.
It is indeed inappropriate to make substitutions within ten minutes of the first half.
Although Espinosa's injury made everyone very angry, if no one from the Hurricanes Athletics stepped up to take revenge on the opponent at this time, the morale of the Hurricanes team would inevitably be affected.
Just when Villard was eager to step forward and find an opportunity to avenge Espinoza, Avila, a 93kg World of Warcraft center, had already taken revenge.
In the 17th minute, Avila moved to the left, received a pass from his teammate and went down the wing. Pablo Aguilar stepped forward as a full-back to intercept, but Avila accelerated and passed him.
Aguilar was not slow to react and immediately turned around to chase after him, but Avila blocked him from the side with his body.
Just when Pablo Aguilar pulled Avila's shoulder, trying to interfere with him, and then stretched out his foot to steal the ball, Avila seemed to be uncomfortable with Aguilar's pulling and made an awkward move. He opened his arms to block his opponent, then suddenly raised his hand to hit him backwards.
But he didn't hit him with a slap. Instead, he raised his elbow and gave Pablo Aguilar a hard elbow on the chin.
Pablo Aguilar screamed, covering his chin and squatting down. Sarmiandu's players stepped forward to check, and Aguilar's gums were bleeding from the sudden impact.
But when the referee blew the whistle to punish Avila, Avila innocently said that the opponent was pulling him. He just raised his hand to break free and blocked the opponent from grabbing the ball. He did not elbow the opponent intentionally.
Such quibbling made Salmiandu's people very dissatisfied. Someone stepped forward and tried to push Avila, but the Hurricanes teammates also rushed to the scene of the incident. Giman Mandarino, Lucas... Villaruel and others protected Avila, and Villarde directly hit the opponent's player at the front, saying viciously: "What, do you want to fight?"
Willard's height, weight, physique, and past "records" are quite intimidating. The other party only bluffed with Willard, but did not dare to actually fight with Willard.
Of course, the referee came over in time to separate Willard from the opponent to avoid further conflicts.
In the end, Avila did not escape punishment, but he was not sent off directly with a red card, but only received a yellow card. Pablo Aguilar also received revenge from the Hurricanes.
Seeing this, the other opposing players knew that the Hurricanes were not easy to mess with and did not dare to commit a vicious foul easily. In addition, Avila's revenge also boosted the morale of the Hurricanes, proving that the home team is not a soft persimmon.
At the same time, the home fans in the stands also gave Avila warm applause and did not care about the result of his yellow card.
After Avila stepped forward to retaliate against his opponent, in the 22nd minute, Velarde also made a fierce tackle on the opponent's midfielder Nicholas Sanchez while grabbing the ball, and he accurately destroyed the ball tackle. , pretending to be unable to hold his feet and tackle Sanchez.
Velarde's higher awareness and defensive ability than Avila allowed him to accurately judge that his tackle could not only destroy the ball, but also knock down the opponent without committing a foul.
Sure enough, although Sanchez fell to the ground and kept rolling around, telling the referee that his injury was "serious", and the opposing players also gathered around the referee to ask for explanations, but Velarde was only given a verbal warning by the referee and let him. He didn't want to make too big a move, but he wasn't dealt any cards.
This made the visiting team players very dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do about it.
The successive revenges of Avila and Velard suppressed Salmiandu's momentum and boosted the morale of the Hurricanes teammates. They also felt at ease and no longer had to fear their opponents.
They also have big brothers. If the opponent dares to play football with a flagrant foul, they will be retaliated by their two big brothers.
Therefore, the Hurricanes' offensive players became much bolder when attacking.
In the 28th minute, Sarmiandu got a counterattack opportunity with the ball, but with the close cooperation of Velarde and the back line, the opponent's passing and cutting cooperation was blocked, forcing the opponent to keep passing back.
Just when defensive midfielder Michael Scattoraro received a pass from his frontcourt teammates and was about to find his teammates to play the ball, he found that his teammates in the frontcourt were already being closely marked by the Hurricanes players. risk.
At the same time, Velarde, who had first-class consciousness and had increased his speed to 71, rushed towards him at high speed and looked like he was going to tackle or collide with him.
Although Michael Scattoraro, as a defensive midfielder, is not bad in terms of physique, he does not have the courage to go head-to-head like Willard. When there is no direction for the ball in the frontcourt or on the left and right sides, under Willard's pressure, He was forced to turn around and pass the ball to center back Sebastian Luna behind him.
The result may be that Velarde's rush to press put too much pressure on him. His turn and pass back was a bit hasty, and the direction of the pass was not accurate. The pass was deflected, and the ball path was closer to the Hurricanes' midfielder Gonzano Martine. Sri Lanka.
Gonzano Martinez took a look and saw that there was such a good thing?
He immediately rushed over and intercepted the ball. Although Sebastian Luna rushed up and tried to counterattack, the moment Gonzano Martinez touched the ball, he passed the ball to the forward who was receiving from the side. Avila then bypassed Sebastian Luna himself and rushed into the opponent's penalty area.
Avila did not stop the ball and pushed the ball directly behind Luna and into the path of Martinez.
A standard one-two hit the wall and successfully broke through Sebastian Luna's interception.
Gonzano Martinez, who received Avila's return pass in the penalty area, first made a gesture to shoot the ball without stopping, frightening another central defender Dana Delgod who rushed over to cover the position and directly knocked the entire The body was thrown out and flew to block the hole of the gun.
As a result, Gonzano Martinez did not shoot, but gently flicked the ball, dodged Dana Delgod who slid past him, and targeted goalkeeper Luis Lukaku. With the correct position, he calmly pushed the ball towards the lower left corner.
Goalkeeper Lukaku's position was a little to the right. When he saw that Gonzano Martinez's push shot was to the left, he shifted his position and flew to save it, it was already too late.
Although Martinez's push shot was not powerful and fast, his technique was good, but the angle was too tricky. In the end, Luis Lukaku failed to get the ball and could only watch the ball roll into the net in despair.
Defender Pablo Aguilar, who returned to defense at high speed on the left, tried to make a goal-line rescue, but in the end he failed to scoop the ball out, and instead collided with his own goalkeeper Lukaku who was on the ground.
But no one cares about them now.
Both the Hurricanes players on the court and the home fans in the stands were already celebrating the goal.
The Hurricanes used Alan Willard to force the opponent's defensive midfielder Michael Scattoraro's return pass error. Gonzano Martinez intercepted the ball and counterattacked on the spot, and finally entered the penalty area and pushed the goal. Success in the lower left corner gave Hurricane Athletic a 1-0 lead at home.
