During the halftime break, Salmiandu indeed made substitution adjustments, removing center back Sebastian Luna and replacing him with forward Cachero to increase the number of offensive players in the frontcourt.
In addition to making substitutions at the beginning of the second half, Salmiandu also launched a sudden attack at the beginning of the second half, catching the Hurricanes Athletic Team off guard as they were still immersed in the joy of expanding their lead in the final moments of the first half.
In the 47th minute, Salmiandu avoided Alan Willard in the middle and completed a breakthrough pass from the wing. Finally, substitute winger Cachero made a pass and center Harry Kewei Ya grabbed the first point in the penalty area, overpowered Hurricanes captain Mancinelli, and successfully headed the ball into the Hurricanes Athletic goal with a powerful header.
Salmiandu, playing away from home, got a point back and rewritten the score to 2-1.
This lost goal made the head coach Mario Binco furious on the sidelines. He was very dissatisfied with the team's state of play, which was still immersed in the joy of leading by two goals in the first half and failed to quickly enter the second half. He gave everyone a roar.
The head coach's scolding and the fact that the ball was lost at the beginning of the second half made the Hurricanes players sober up.
Although leading by two goals can be regarded as sealing the victory, once the opponent pulls one goal back and the gap is only one goal, it will be more dangerous.
Especially now that Salmiandu has added a new forward. Now there are three forwards, plus three midfielders, and there are a full 6 offensive players. Facing the Hurricanes led by Velarde and Mancinelli Four defensive players also have a numerical advantage.
As the saying goes, on the football field, a one-goal lead is the most unsafe, and the situation may be reversed at any time.
Therefore, facing Salmiandu, whose morale was boosted after winning a goal, Velarde did not let his teammates in the midfield and frontcourt attack the opponent in an angry manner. Cas Villaruel, Toranso and others retreated and participated in the defense, using their numbers to stabilize the situation.
After scoring the goal, Salmiandu did attack wave after wave, trying to use the high morale to score a second goal in a short period of time to completely equalize the score.
However, the Hurricanes, under the command of Velarde, successfully withstood Salmiandu's onslaught.
In the 57th minute, Salmiandu once again broke through from the side and tried to pass from the bottom. As Willard returned to the penalty area to defend, preparing to fight for the top, he said to Lucas Villaruel: "Lucas, keep an eye on him!"
After speaking, he pointed to Salmiandu midfielder Nicholas Sanchez who was moving towards the corner of the penalty area near the top of the penalty area.
Velarde's purpose is to prevent the opponent from passing the ball in an inverted triangle and pass the ball to Sanchez.
When Willard was directing Lucas, Liro Spinacci, who was on the wing, was fighting against the Hurricanes' defensive players and did not see the communication between Willard and Lucas.
Nicolás Sanchez also had his back turned to Velarde and Lucas, unaware that Velarde was referring to him. Moreover, in the noisy stadium, Sanchez did not even hear clearly what Velarde said to Lucas, nor did he pay attention.
As a result, Velarde's command really worked. After getting rid of the Hurricanes' wing defender, Rilo Spinacci, who was on the wing, really didn't pass the ball, but passed the ball in an inverted triangle. Nicolas Sanchez moved to the corner of the penalty area to connect.
Just when Sanchez was about to hit the goal without stopping the ball, Lucas Villaruel suddenly came out from behind, made a flying tackle, and scooped the ball out of the sideline before Nicholas Sanchez.
Moreover, Nicholas Sanchez couldn't hold back his kick and kicked Lucas Villaruel. Not only did he not get the right to get the ball from the inbounds, but because of the foul, the Hurricanes got a free kick in the backcourt. of ball rights.
Sarmiandu's attack was completely neutralized.
Fans in the stands applauded, pleased with the defense when Lucas Villaruel caught up with Nicolás Sanchez and scooped the ball away from behind. But there are still many people who watch the ball more carefully and pay more attention to details. They noticed that Velard pointed at Nicolas Sanchez while returning to the penalty area and said something to Lucas Villaruel. One scene.
It is basically certain from Willard's gesture that he is telling Lucas to keep an eye on Sanchez.
Velarde's command really worked. The opponent actually passed the ball to Sanchez. Lucas also listened to Velarde's words and arrived in time. He not only destroyed the ball with a flying tackle, but also caused the opponent to foul and got the ball. Quan, completely defused the opponent's attack.
Mario Binco and members of the coaching staff have long discussed that Velarde is not only becoming more and more powerful in his personal defensive skills, but has also begun to slowly surpass captain Mancinelli in terms of leadership awareness in the back line. Played the role of rear commander.
With such a defensive backbone, Mario Binco feels that no matter what results the Hurricanes can achieve this season, Willard is someone the team must pay attention to. Therefore, after today's game, he planned to suggest to the club's senior management that he should renew the contract with Velarde and give him a substantial salary increase, and he could not wait until the end of the year.
Even if we can't reach an agreement for a while, we still have to show the club's attitude and sincerity in wanting to renew Willard's contract.
Otherwise, it will be easy to be poached.
On the court, the game continues.
As professionals such as Mario Binco think, Willard not only has excellent defense and physical awareness, but can also use high-attribute awareness to direct his teammates to assist in defense, making up for his shortcomings of being incapable of splitting time and blocking some of the things he found. But I can't take the time to patch up the loopholes.
This kind of ability allows the Hurricanes to make it insurmountable for opponents even if they only have four people in the backcourt. Except for scoring a goal at the beginning of the second half by taking advantage of the Hurricanes team's negligence, Salmiandu was unable to score a second goal.
On the other hand, the Hurricanes Athletic Team, after stabilizing their defense, also started to counterattack.
Although many counterattacks were unsuccessful, they failed to work. But continuous counterattacks can eventually break through the opponent's goal.
In the 79th minute, the Hurricanes made a successful counterattack by intercepting the ball in the backcourt. Finally, Avila's volley from a small angle in the penalty area was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Luis Lukaku, but he followed up and inserted into the small penalty area. Toranso cleverly grabbed the second point and kicked the ball into Salmiandu's goal with a supplementary shot.
Toranso scored Hurricanes' third goal to make it 3-1 and regain the two-goal lead.
At this time, there were only ten minutes left before the end of the game.
A two-goal lead at this time is what truly seals the victory.
Mario Binco also made timely adjustments, replacing Bonny Fashaw and Bismara, and removing Espinoza and Lucas Villaruel to strengthen defense.
In the last ten minutes, although Salmiandu also used up all the substitutions and made a crazy counterattack, the Hurricanes Athletic Team with Willard in charge still maintained a 3-1 score until the end.
In the end, when the referee blew the final whistle, the Hurricanes beat Salmiandu 3-1 and won this round.
This victory also brought the Hurricanes' points to 24 points, surpassing Santa Fe United and Cruzeiro Norte, and returning to the top of the Albania B Group B standings.
As for Velarde, he also gained 10,000 starting points + 20,000 winning bonuses + 50,000 A-level performances = 80,000 experiences. The total experience rose to level 15, 391,000/700,000.
