As time goes by, there is less and less time left for the Hurricanes Athletics.
In the 83rd minute, Gonzano Martinez and Giman Mandalino hit the wall and then crossed diagonally from the wing and then made a pass. Thomson Mira grabbed the first point and headed the attack. The goal, unfortunately, went over the crossbar due to interference from the opponent's defender.
Two minutes later, the Hurricanes made a comeback. Toranso forced the home team's goalkeeper to save the ball with a long shot from outside the penalty area and won a corner kick.
The three center backs plus Alan Velarde, as well as the two centers, all entered the penalty area to participate in the top battle. Instead, Lucas Villaruel, Gonzano Martinez, and Djimon Mann were left behind. The three of Dalino stayed outside the penalty area to grab the second point to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.
Toranso took a corner kick from the right, and the landing point was right near Velarde. He tried to squeeze through and jumped for the top.
However, he himself was the target of the opponent's focus, and his physical attributes of 80 were far from unmatched. Under the obstruction and pushing of the opponent's two defenders, he was ultimately unable to grab the landing spot, and the landing spot was caught by the opponent's back waist cloth. Rum grabbed it and pushed it out of the penalty area. The second point was also obtained by the Patronato player, who took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.
Patronatu's counterattack was quite fast. Fortunately, goalkeeper Marinelli stayed in the penalty area and did not walk out of the penalty area like Marcos Dias, which made the home team's players with the ball dare not attack the goal from a distance. .
Velarde, Mancinelli and others hurriedly returned to defense and ran desperately to their own penalty area.
In the competition between speed and physical fitness, Velarde and others' off-ball defense caught up with Patronato's counterattack speed.
After all, the court environment was not good, it was raining, and the ground was muddy and slippery. The players did not dare to dribble too fast, which gave Velarde and others time to return to defense.
But even so, in the end, the home team's midfielder Steve Grazley was able to complete a shot from the front of the penalty area facing the attacking goalkeeper Marinelli.
The ball went over Marinelli's head and flew towards the goal. Marinelli and many players and fans of the Hurricanes showed desperate looks.
At this moment, a figure rushed past Grezley and Marinelli like a gust of wind. It was Willard who was returning to defense at high speed.
He was unable to stop Grezley's shot in time, so he chose to rush from the side without stopping, trying to stop the shot in front of the goal line.
Fortunately, Grezley's lob shot was a bit poor, perhaps because he lobbed it too high to avoid the goalkeeper's save. In order to avoid directly picking out the crossbar, the force is not strong, so the ball speed is relatively slow.
This caused the ball to not only draw a high parabola in the air, but also move too slowly, just enough for Velarde, who rushed back to the penalty area, to catch up.
Villard, who rushed into the small penalty area, looked at the ball falling in the air and jumped decisively. With the inertia brought by the high-speed return to defense, his body took off and flew to the goal line in the air. Then he raised his foot and made an overhead hook to clear the ball. Kicked the ball before it hit the net.
Subsequently, goalkeeper Marinelli, who turned back, grabbed the ball before the opponent's substitute forward Quiroga.
But Marinelli had no time to celebrate, because after completing the clearance, Velard fell hard into the goal.
He returned to defense at high speed, took off as soon as he reached the penalty area line, flew over a distance of three to four meters, made an overhead hook to clear the ball, and then fell hard to the ground inside the goal.
All his attention was focused on the overhead kick, and he opened his hands in the air to maintain balance. After completing the overhead kick and falling, Willard landed on his back first, and then the back of his head hit the ground.
Even with Willard's physique, he was beaten to pieces, his internal organs were shaken, and he was in excruciating pain.
The commentators sighed one after another:
"Steve Grezley's shot went over the head of goalkeeper Marinelli but failed to cross the line."
"Alan Willard, who was desperately trying to defend, stopped the ball. He rushed back to his own penalty area from the opponent's penalty area, just in time to catch Grezley's shot, and came up with an overhead kick from the goal line. Kicked out Grezley's shot."
"But Willard fell to the ground hard, his expression was very painful, and he couldn't get up for a long time."
"The team doctor from Hurricane Athletics has arrived. I hope Willard will be fine."
Many Hurricanes fans in front of the TV or computer also showed worried looks. Especially Krisna, Alyssa, Bertha, and Desia, their hearts were in their throats and they kept praying that nothing would happen to Willard.
Fortunately, Villard fell on the grass. After a while, the team doctor checked and confirmed that there was nothing serious, and stood up again.
Not only the Hurricanes fans at the scene and in front of the TV, but also the home team fans who watched the game in the rain, some applauded Willard.
The fall after the overhead kick just now, let alone the fall in person, was painful for everyone watching.
But Willard stood up again and deserved to be called a man.
In fact, although Willard was fine, his body was still quite uncomfortable. If the Hurricanes were not trailing but leading, he would definitely lie on the ground for a while, taking the opportunity to rest and delay for a while.
However, it was the Hurricanes who were lagging behind now, so he had to stand up and continue the game. And he can't be replaced yet. He is the current defense support of the Hurricanes Athletic Team. If he goes down, the Hurricanes' defensive ability will inevitably be reduced, and the midfielders and frontcourt players will not be able to attack with all their strength, and the game will basically be lost.
After the game restarted, seeing that Velard had stood up, the Hurricanes teammates had no time to care about him anymore and focused all their attention on the offense.
Velarde could only recover while walking near the center circle and taking deep breaths.
Fortunately, Patronato may have been satisfied with the score of 2-1, and there was not much time left. He began to defend with all his strength. He did not get a chance to counterattack in a short period of time, allowing Velarde to slowly recover.
But as time goes by, the time left for the Hurricanes is indeed getting less and less, and it is becoming more and more tense.
If we can't score as soon as possible, we might really lose.
Velarde, who had recovered to most of his condition, also began to press forward and penetrated to the area outside the top of the opponent's penalty area, ready to participate in the attack.
In the 89th minute, just as the game was about to enter stoppage time, the Hurricanes formed a breakthrough from the right wing and Toranso successfully made a pass.
Seeing this scene, Velarde's eyes lit up, and he passed the undersized Lucas Villaruel and Gonzano Martinez and rushed into the back of the penalty area, preparing to participate in the battle for the top.
However, Toranso's pass was a little low, and Patronato defender Walter Andrade grabbed the first point and prepared to push out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
But when he took off, he was pulled by the Hurricanes center Avila beside him. Not only did he fail to jump high enough to push the ball out of the penalty area, he even deflected the direction. He just gently used his scalp to hit the ball. The ball was tipped.
This time, not only did he fail to push the ball out of the penalty area, but it bounced slightly on his head and flew to the back of the goal.
Patronatu's goalkeeper, by this time, had already rushed to the front point. Facing the ball flying to the back point, he was helpless and could only stare.
However, according to the flight path of the ball, the ball will not fly into the goal, but will fly out of the far end goal and hit the baseline.
As a result, just when goalkeeper Bertoli was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Alan Willard, who rushed in from outside the penalty area, saw the ball flying to the back post, reacted first, continued to accelerate towards the back of the small penalty area, and grabbed the lead. The defender of the home team, who was trying to clear the ball, jumped up with an indomitable momentum, dived to the top, grabbed the ball before it crossed the goal post and flew out of the baseline, and headed the ball into the goal.
But Willard himself hit his head on the doorpost with a "bang" sound, causing the entire doorpost to shake.
It can be seen how powerful and fast Velarde took off this time.
