It was the first time for Desia to watch Willard play live and she was very excited. She saw many fans around her wearing slogans or portraits supporting Willard, which made her even more proud of Willard.
In this game, Alan Willard returned to the starting lineup. Defender Eramspe was suspended due to a red card and was replaced by No. 25 Eduardo Domingos, Thomson Milla and Lucas Villarue. Er took a rest and sat on the bench. The center forward was started by No. 22 Alavi, and the center midfielder was started by No. 11 Ferrero.
The original main defensive midfielder Federico Bismara was not as good defensively as Velarde, and offensively not as good as Lucas. Not enough to get a starting chance.
This is life.
Who made him meet the cheating Willard in the only position he is good at!
It just so happens that today is Monday again. Willard also spent 8 skill points in the morning to increase his speed from 74 to 75, his header from 69 to 70, his technique from 66 to 67, and his shooting skills from 56 to 57. There are 30 points left in the balance.
The header attribute has also exceeded the 70 mark, exceeding the average level of the Al-Arab League B. When there is a chance, Velarde can also step forward and use his physique and jumping to participate more in the top challenge.
This game is the first time that the royal sister Desia has watched the game live. If he can score a goal and let Desia see his all-round offensive and defensive performance on the court, it would be perfect.
The Hurricanes Athletics team played a 352 formation, but Tandil was more courageous, playing a 334 formation with four forwards. The reason is that they are currently ranked seventh in Group A B, just outside the play-off range for fifth and sixth places. To be promoted to the First Division, you must at least be in the top six and have the opportunity to play in the promotion play-offs.
Therefore, even if this game was an away game, even if it was against the Hurricanes Athletic Team led by Willard, Tandil resolutely sent out a 334 four-forward offensive formation in an attempt to break through the Hurricanes Athletic Team's defense.
The coaches and players in Tandil think about it, no matter how strong Willard is, there will only be one person and only three defenders. They have four forwards and three midfielders, and seven of them attack fiercely. No matter how powerful Willard is, he can't stop him.
But it turns out that the era of relying on forwards to attack has long been buried in the dust of history. In the early days of football, a bunch of forwards competed with each other for shots and goals. Later, defenders and midfielders began to appear, and research on offensive and defensive tactics gradually began. In modern times, there is a saying that offense wins games and defense wins championships. .
This fully illustrates the importance of defense. If you want to win simply by stacking forwards, it is unlikely in modern football.
In the first minute of the game, Tandil swarmed forward in the midfield, trying to break through the Hurricanes' defense. As a result, under the command of Willard, four defensive players and three midfielders who returned to defense easily stole the ball and launched a quick counterattack. If Espinoza's final shot hadn't been a little hasty, the Hurricanes might have scored a lightning goal.
This ball startled Tandil, who was silent for a few minutes. In the 8th minute, he launched a team attack again, but during the passing process, Velarde saw through the intention in advance and intercepted the ball midway.
Moreover, after completing the steal, Velarde did not pass the ball out. Instead, when the opponent's forward Vilches counterattacked, he used an unexpected spiking action to knock the opponent aside and successfully broke through.
This caused an uproar among the Hurricanes fans in the stands, and then they applauded enthusiastically. Krisina, Alyssa, Bertha, and Desia even cheered loudly.
The commentators also said unexpectedly:
"Huh? Velarde didn't pass the ball out, but chose to spike the ball past Vilches."
"Vilches was easily passed by Velarde, and maybe he didn't expect that Velarde would choose to pass the ball instead of passing the ball."
"In addition, Willard's technical skills seemed to be good and he made no mistakes, so Vilches was easily broken through by Willard."
"Not only is Velarde's defensive strength, his offensive skills are also improving rapidly and he is getting stronger and stronger."
The commentators are right. Velarde, whose technical attributes have been increased to 67, is at least above average in the A-League League. It may be hard to say when facing the opponent's full-time defensive players, but facing forwards who are not good at defense, it will naturally be easy to form a breakthrough.
The key is that the opponent did not expect that Willard had such technical strength and was completely caught off guard, so Willard easily broke through.
Moreover, other players in Tandil kept an eye on Velarde's teammates to prevent Velarde from passing the ball. When Velarde successfully broke through Vilches, a vacuum appeared in front of him, allowing Velarde to stride forward with the ball.
Velarde naturally did not waste this uninterrupted opportunity to advance with the ball. He took advantage of the speed that had increased to 75 and quickly dribbled the ball forward for more than ten meters before being intercepted by Tandil's midfielder.
Velarde, on the other hand, passed the ball decisively and handed it to attacking midfielder Ferrero without sticking to the ball.
The player who intercepted Velarde turned around to chase Ferrero who was receiving the ball, but did not notice that Velarde did not retreat to defend, but ran past him and continued to advance forward.
Ferrero received the pass and knew what Velard meant. He passed the ball to the path of Velard without stopping the ball.
Two over one hit the wall to cooperate.
After the previous smash, Velarde and his teammates hit the wall again and passed the second opponent player.
After receiving the ball this time, Velarde had already approached Tandil's penalty area line. Naturally, there would be no more vacuum zone. Defender Martorelli immediately moved over to intercept Velarde.
But the ball just now was a counterattack by Villard after stealing the ball, and the opponent did not respond in time. What's more, Tandil piled up forwards aggressively and only had 3 defenders in the backcourt. Therefore, when center back Martorelli moved to block Velarde, there was a gap in the left rib of the penalty area.
Velarde's 80% consciousness easily discovered this gap and decisively passed the ball diagonally.
Martorelli tried to tackle the ball while falling to the ground, but failed to touch the ball. The ball rolled smoothly into the penalty area and rolled to the left rib.
Left midfielder Djimaine Mandarino rushed into the penalty area at high speed, got ahead of another defender Mosquera who was trying to clear the ball, and volleyed without stopping the ball, hitting a heavy shot that flew towards the goal.
The angle of the ball was not very good, but the power of Mandarino's volley was too great. Goalkeeper Eric Olivero failed to completely save the ball. Instead, he subconsciously reached out to block it, and the ball bounced back. A small restricted area.
Just when Eric Olivero was about to dive again and completely control the ball, Alavi, another forward of the Hurricanes Athletic Team, had already appeared in the small penalty area and made a flying tackle to grab the ball before Olivier Before Luo, he shoveled the ball into the goal.
