After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
Although the home team fans in the stands cheered crazily when Santa Fe United got the ball and the other side booed when the Hurricanes got the ball, the Hurricanes still had an absolute advantage on the court.
The offense may have been affected by the away game, and the performance was not very good. But defensively, with Willard sitting in the backcourt, Santa Fe United really had no chance at all. Until the end of the game, they failed to score even a goal.
On the contrary, the Hurricanes Athletic Team, playing away from home, took another corner kick attack before the end of the second half. Central defender Eduardo Dominguez, who is over 190cm tall, grabbed the first point and headed the ball into the opponent's goal.
In the end, Atletico Hurricanes defeated Santa Fe United 2-0 away from home, winning the first round of the 2015 A-League and getting off to a good start in the league.
They were promoted to the A-League in the first round and got off to a good start. All the coaches and players of the Hurricanes were very happy. They held a warm celebration at the opponent's home court and spent a lot of time interacting and celebrating with the fans who accompanied the team on the away game.
There were a total of 15 games in the first round of the league, and a total of 13 games were decided. The 13 teams were tied with 3 points. The Hurricanes were ranked 4th due to goal difference and number of goals.
However, just finishing the first round, regardless of points or rankings, is not of much reference.
The league focuses on long-term combat capabilities.
As expected, Willard received the experience of 100,000 starting points + 200,000 winning bonuses + 500,000 A-level performance = 800,000.
The next day, Monday, it was time to add points again, but Willard now only had 35 skill points. If all skills except goalkeeping were upgraded, 37 skill points would be needed, which is not enough.
In addition, he will not be able to upgrade and obtain new skill points by next Monday, so after some consideration, Willard only increased his physique from 86 to 87, header from 83 to 84, and skill from 80. It increased to 81, shooting increased from 70 to 71, reverse footing increased from 42 to 43, passing increased from 70 to 71, 22 skill points were spent, and 13 skill points were left.
Improving your physique is to increase physical fitness and injury resistance. As for heading, technique, shooting, passing, etc., it is all to increase attack power. As for the inverse foot, it is because it requires only one skill point.
On February 18th and 19th, the Lunar New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, Willard and his four girlfriends experienced the Chinese New Year atmosphere in Chinatown and tasted some Chinese delicacies. Desia and the four girls felt good about it. .
On Saturday, February 21st, in the second round of the A-League, Hurricanes Atletico faced Arsenal Sarandi at home.
Because the first round of the Copa Libertadores group stage will be played in three days, Mario Binco will be rotated to a certain extent in this game. Alejandro Romero, Santiago Echeberria , Lucas Villaruel all got the opportunity to rest.
The Sarandi Arsenal was ranked 9th in the A-League last season and has good strength. Therefore, although this game is the home court of Hurricanes Athletics, it is more difficult to play.
Especially the opponent's No. 9 center Rasic, who is 194cm tall and is the tallest player in the game except the goalkeeper.
Sarandi Arsenal's side crosses and aerial bombing tactics caused great trouble for the Hurricanes Athletic Team.
In the 14th minute, Rasic jumped high in the penalty area, overpowered the central defender Eduardo Domingos to grab the first point, swung his head and hit the goal, and put the ball inside the goal frame.
Fortunately, the angle of the ball was not very awkward. Goalkeeper Marcos Dias subconsciously jumped up and reached out to lift the ball over the crossbar.
Otherwise, the Hurricanes will lose the ball first and fall behind.
Seeing this, Velarde could only start to frequently return to the penalty area to participate in the defense of Rasic. Although he is only 186cm tall, he has high awareness and quick reactions, and can predict the landing point more accurately, and then use his physique and speed to occupy the landing point first, and use his jumping ability to compete for the top.
However, as a result, Velarde cannot use his technical advantages to organize the offense well. Coupled with the fact that Lucas Villaruel was rotated, and his partner in the midfield was pure defensive player Federico Bismara, the Hurricanes' backcourt offensive organization was greatly affected.
In the frontcourt, new aid Alejandro Romero, who performed very well in the previous games, also sat on the bench. Even if the Hurricanes played at home, their performance was not as good as the last game against Santa Fe United. away games.
The only good news is that the Hurricanes have Velarde in the backcourt. Even Rasic's 194cm aerial bombing failed to take advantage of Velarde.
In the 26th minute, Sarandi Arsenal once again broke through from the wing and successfully passed the ball. Rasic tried to attack the goal, but Velard occupied the landing point in advance and got stuck, and then jumped up to grab the ball. Xiqi previously pushed the ball out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
Rasic, who took off behind Velarde, failed to touch the ball. Instead, he pushed his head forward and hit the back of Velarde's head with his face. He covered his face and rubbed it in pain for a long time before he recovered.
He was lucky if he didn't get a nosebleed.
In the case of weak organization in the backcourt, the Hurricanes Athletics can only rely on a few players in the midfield and frontcourt to organize the offense on their own.
But it seems that no one is wearing shooting boots today.
In the 30th minute, the Hurricanes made a team effort and forward midfielder Toranso sent the ball into the penalty area. As a result, forward Avila slipped when he was trying to take a shot and fell directly to the ground. When he hit the ball, he also missed the kick and missed this close shot opportunity, which was only six or seven meters away from the goal. This made his teammates and fans feel quite regretful.
What's even more hilarious is that after falling down, Avila subconsciously got up and complained to the referee. It was the opponent's defender Curbello who was pressing next to him just now, who pushed him down. It was a foul for pushing someone in the penalty area. Give him a penalty.
However, from the perspective of the referee, the audience, and the camera, Curvello did not touch him at all. Avila slipped on his left supporting foot, causing his right foot to be kicked.
The referee looked at Avila and was speechless.
Just when Alavi didn't realize how funny he was and was still asking the referee for a penalty kick, teammate Fabianesi quickly stepped forward and covered Avila's mouth and dragged him away from the referee. .
Avila was still a little unconvinced: "Why are you holding me back? We should have a penalty kick."
Fabianesi slapped him on the head and said: "It's a damn penalty kick. If you keep making trouble, be careful the referee gives you a yellow card for diving. Curvello didn't touch you at all." , even though they are far away, everyone can see clearly."
Only then did Avila understand why the referee just looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot. It turned out that his performance was too poor and could not even meet the requirements for success.
This time he finally shut up, followed Fabianesi back, and stopped talking about the penalty kick.
Before the end of the first half, in the 42nd minute, Fabianesi broke through on the left and cut in an inverted triangle to pass the ball to the top of the penalty area.
Toranso stepped in from the back row and faked a shot that actually leaked, deceiving the Sarandi Arsenal defender in front of him and leaking the ball to Turassa behind him.
However, Turaza was not expected that Toranso would miss the ball, and he was also in a hurry. His hasty and direct shot was weak. Although it hit the door frame, it was easily missed by Sarandi goalkeeper Andrada. Confiscated.
At the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was still 0-0, which made the Hurricanes home fans in the stands a little unhappy.
Head coach Mario Binco is not satisfied either, but he has discovered the problem. It is because Velarde has to frequently retreat to participate in the aerial defense of the opponent's high center Rasic, leaving only pure midfielder position. The defensive Federico Bismara has reduced the midfielder's ability to organize offense, pass and cut, and cooperate with the ball.
Therefore, during this break, Mario Binco replaced Federico Bismara with Lucas Villaruel to strengthen the offensive organization ability in the midfield and backfield.
When the second half started, Lucas' introduction had an immediate impact.
Although his defense is not as good as Bismara, the Hurricanes' defense has Velarde and does not require much effort from Lucas. Mario Binco played him to allow him to play in the defensive midfielder position. He can organize attacks more calmly, find gaps, and deliver fatal passes.
In the 54th minute, Lucas sent a long pass that almost penetrated the Sarandi Arsenal's defense. Unfortunately, at the last moment when Avila was about to catch the ball, the opponent's defender Correa made a decisive flying tackle, touched the ball first, and scooped the ball away.
But this has already made people see the changes brought about by Lucas Villaruel's appearance. Mario Binco, who was standing on the sidelines, lit up and asked Lucas to continue playing like this.
Lucas did not live up to the expectations of the head coach. In the 68th minute, he first broke through the opponent's midfielder Zatiwea through the wall-to-wall cooperation with Toranso, and then attracted another midfielder to grab the ball and then passed the ball. He was assigned to the left wing.
Fabianesi stepped in from the left, passed the ball across the ball without stopping, and passed the ball to the goal of the small penalty area.
The ball was a ground ball. Forward Avila finally did not waste the opportunity this time. He jumped in front of center back Curbello and made a flying tackle. He successfully touched the ball and shoveled the ball into the goal.
The distance was too close, and goalkeeper Andrada's subconscious save failed to save the team. The ball went under his arm and into the goal.
Avila, who had given everyone a joke before, completed his redemption and scored the Hurricanes' opening goal, helping the Hurricanes lead 1-0.
Teammates rushed up to celebrate Avila, and the home fans in the stands also applauded Avila.
After the score was rewritten as 1-0, the balance of power on the field was broken, and Sarandi Arsenal also began to make continuous substitutions to strengthen the offense.
Anyway, losing one goal is a loss, losing several goals is also a loss, they have to fight hard.
But at this time, Lucas Villaruel resumed his role as a defensive midfielder, sweeping back and forth under the command of Velarde, clearing out many midfield attacks in the Sarandi Arsenal.
Even if there is an attack that bypasses him and hits near the penalty area, Verard will defend his teammates on the back line.
As for high center forward Rasic, he was unable to get any good opportunities under the joint defense of Alan Velarde, who has excellent bounce, and center back Eduardo Domingos, who is over 190cm tall.
In the 81st minute, Cristian Chavez, the No. 10 winger of Sarandi Arsenal, took the ball outside the right corner of the penalty area and cut horizontally inside, then volleyed straight to the far corner.
But goalkeeper Marcos Dias was very focused. He judged the path of the ball the moment it was kicked out and jumped out. He just saved the ball out of the far post, preventing Chavez from scoring. .
Until the end of the game, Sarandi Arsenal failed to score an equalizer. Even the Hurricanes almost expanded the score in the 90th minute.
Unfortunately, Willard's header in the corner kick was interfered by the opponent's defender who was closely marking him. It was slightly higher than the crossbar and failed to hit the goal frame.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. With the only goal of the game scored by forward Avila in the 68th minute, the Hurricanes beat Arsenal 1-0 at home. Achieved four consecutive victories in the new season and two consecutive victories in the A-League.
Although the score was small, a victory was a victory, so the players and fans had a warm interactive celebration after the game.
Velarde also received an experience reward of 100,000 starting points + 100,000 winning bonuses + 500,000 A-level performance = 70.
After all other games in this round, there are 6 teams left with two consecutive wins. Hurricanes Athletics is still ranked fourth due to goal difference and number of goals.
Next, it’s time to prepare for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.
