At 20:00 on the evening of March 15, with the referee's whistle, the Buenos Aires Western Suburban Derby between San Lorenzo VS Atletico Hurricanes in the 5th round of the 2015 Argentine Primera Division took place in San Lorenzo. It officially started in the presence of more than 40,000 fans at the Sobidegayan Stadium.
"The referee blew the opening whistle."
"The game begins."
"This is another derby between the two sides after four years."
"For the rivals San Lorenzo and Hurricanes, they haven't played a derby in four years. I believe both sides miss each other very much and want to defeat each other."
"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides."
"The goalkeeper of the visiting team Hurricane Athletic is No. 1 Marcos Dias. The left back is because Balbi has not returned from injury. The starting number is Bonnie Fashaw, No. 26, and the right back is No. 2 captain Mancinelli. No. 25 Eduardo Domingos and No. 21 Nervo partner as double central defenders."
“The double defensive midfielders are No. 8 Lucas Villaruel and No. 4 Alan Velarde, the left midfielder is No. 10 Alejandro Romero, and the right midfielder is No. 11 Turaza. No. 18 Toranso serves as the organization's attacking midfielder, and No. 9 Avila is the lone forward."
"Except for Bonnie Fashaw, who is a rotation substitute, the other players are all main players. Obviously, the Hurricanes will not give up in this game. Even if the Hurricanes schedule is quite tight recently, they will definitely have to compete with San Lorenzo. A showdown."
"The home team San Lorenzo won the Copa Libertadores last season, and their morale is strong. They have 3 wins and 1 loss in the first four league rounds this season, ranking fourth in the standings, second only to Atletico Hurricanes and Rosario Central and Boca Juniors.”
"In today's intra-city derby, San Lorenzo's goal is of course to defeat Atletico Hurricanes and pull their archrival from the top spot in the standings."
"Their starting goalkeeper is No. 12 Torico, the defenders from left to right are No. 21 Mas, No. 6 Caruso, No. 2 Ceto, and No. 7 Bufalini, and the double midfielder is No. 5 Borche Erhe No. 8 Kalinsky, left midfielder No. 10 Leandro Romagnoli, right midfielder No. 28 Musis, attacking midfielder No. 23 Sebastian Blanco, and No. 26 Matto Si plays as the lone striker."
"Oh..."
"San Lorenzo, playing at home, has completed its first shot, which came from the left midfielder No. 10 Leandro Romagnoli's arcing shot from the left side of the penalty area."
"But although the ball bypassed the fingers of the Hurricanes defender and goalkeeper in the penalty area, it failed to get around the goal frame and flew out of the bottom line against the far post."
"However, even though the goal was not scored, it also proved San Lorenzo's determination to attack aggressively. A home team that plays at home and is ranked behind its archrival in the standings cannot play a defensive counterattack and must take the initiative to attack."
“And when we looked at the visiting team, after goalkeeper Marcos Dias took a goal kick, the Hurricanes did not be conservative and did not turn back in the backcourt. Instead, they quickly passed the ball to the midfield and began to press forward as a whole and face the attack head-on. "
"This is a life-and-death derby in the same city. The sworn enemy relationship between the two sides determines that this is a more important game than the championship battle, and the momentum cannot be lost."
"The two sides will definitely attack each other. I think the game will be exciting and there will be many goals."
"Neutral fans rejoice."
Following the commentator's words, the Hurricane Athletics team in the stadium was indeed moving forward quickly with the ball. Lucas and Velarde also pressed forward significantly and joined in the passing and cutting cooperation.
However, the attack of the Hurricane Athletic Team was not successful. In the end, Toranso accidentally missed the pass due to interference from the opponent's press. San Lorenzo got the ball and launched a counterattack.
Velarde was aware of the danger as soon as Toranso lost the ball. He immediately turned around and returned to defense at an extremely fast speed. He also directed his teammates to quickly organize the defense line and successfully resolved San Lorenzo's counterattack. .
Fans from both sides in the stands were cheering for their teams, and when their opponents got the ball, they booed and cursed, trying to influence the other side.
Because the home team has set up a ticket purchase method, the tickets allocated to the Hurricanes as the away team, plus the loose tickets the fans tried their best to buy, totaled only four to five thousand people, and some of them were scattered among the opponent's fans. Don’t dare to be too “arrogant” in cheering for the Hurricanes.
Therefore, there are only more than 3,000 fans gathered together, protected by security personnel, and able to boldly cheer for the visiting team Hurricane Athletics. Krisina, Desia, Henderson and others are among them, and they It was also placed in a corner above the stands, further away from the center of the court.
Despite this, the cheers from more than 3,000 people could still be clearly conveyed to the ears of Willard and others, letting the Hurricanes players know that they are not fighting alone.
This kind of psychological "comrade-in-arms" emotion among fans can indeed affect the players' on-the-spot performance. Otherwise, football matches will not be divided into home and away games, and in the case of the same total score, the side with more away goals can win. Promoted.
In today's game, the home team San Lorenzo clearly had the advantage in terms of status. They continued to attack from the beginning and created many threatening attacks.
In the 8th minute, San Lorenzo made a pass from the wing. Center Matos headed the ball over and midfielder Sebastian Blanco stepped in from the back and volleyed the ball into the goal frame. .
But the angle of the ball was not very good, and goalkeeper Marcos Dias flew sideways and saved it from the bottom line.
Three minutes later, San Lorenzo made a comeback. No. 10 Leandro Romagnoli cut in from the left and passed the ball in an inverted triangle. Midfielder Kalinsky rushed to the top of the arc in the penalty area, preparing for a Powerful volley.
But Velarde sensed Romagnoli's inverted triangle passing intention in advance, and promptly assisted in defense. He jumped up and blocked the hole of the gun with his back, and successfully blocked Kalinsky's long shot from outside the penalty area with his back calf.
In the 15th minute, San Lorenzo took another shot, causing Nervo to block the ball from the baseline and get a corner kick.
San Lorenzo's center, center back, and high midfielder Borcher all entered the Hurricanes' penalty area and participated in the battle for the top. For a while, the Hurricanes' penalty area was filled with turmoil and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
Later, winger Musis took a corner kick. Hurricanes center back Eduardo Domingos and San Lorenzo center Matos grabbed the same point. The two took off at the same time, pushing each other in the air to compete for the top. .
In the end, Matos succeeded in grabbing the first point, making a powerful head-flick and heading the ball towards the Hurricanes goal.
Although Matos and Dominguez's heads collided after the top of the ball, and both of them screamed, the ball had already flown towards the Hurricanes' goal.
Goalkeeper Marcos Dias was positioned far away and could no longer touch the ball. The San Lorenzo players in the stadium and the home fans in the stands raised their hands to celebrate the goal.
As a result, the ball hit the crossbar with a bang, bounced back into the small penalty area, and was kicked out of the penalty area by Alan Willard, who had quick eyes and quick feet.
Outside the penalty area, the only remaining Hurricanes players were Toranso and Alejandro Romero, because other Avila, Velarde, Lucas, etc. all retreated to the penalty area to participate in defense.
As a result, Villard's random clearance kicked the ball right to Toranso. Toranso did not stick to the ball. Facing the opponent's full-back's counterattack, he headed the ball to Alejandro with a header. ·Romero then threw away the opponent's full-back and rushed towards the San Lorenzo half.
Because it was a corner kick just now, not only the players of the Hurricanes retreated deep and returned to the penalty area to participate in defense, San Lorenzo's center backs, midfielders, etc. also entered the penalty area to participate in the top challenge. Outside the penalty area There were only two full-backs and one defensive midfielder left, desperately trying to defend.
After taking control of the ball, Alejandro Romero and Toranso directly formed a two-on-three situation in the midfield.
Although San Lorenzo's defenders, wingers, defensive midfielders, center backs, etc. rushed out of the Hurricanes' penalty area and desperately returned to defend, Alejandro Romero and Toranso's double counterattack It was so smooth that San Lorenzo's defenders didn't even touch the ball, and they successfully reached the edge of the penalty area through continuous running into the wall.
In the end, it was Torrance who rushed into the space on the right side of the penalty area. After receiving Alejandro Romero's diagonal pass, he caught the ball without stopping before No. 21 full-back Mas flew to intercept it. He volleyed hard with his foot and successfully kicked the ball into the upper right corner.
Although San Lorenzo goalkeeper Torico had already stood at the near corner and opened his arms to try to block the angle, the ball was too close and too fast. Torico could only do his best to block it and failed to touch the ball. The ball volleyed by Toranso took off from the ground, flew under his arm, and then flew into the near upper corner of the goal.
The commentators supporting the Hurricanes or the neutral team let out a long roar and shouted:
"Goooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"Hurricane Athletic opened the scoring, and the goal was midfielder No. 18 Toranso."
"This ball was just a corner kick from San Lorenzo. The home team's forward, central defender, high midfielder, etc. all entered the Hurricanes' penalty area to participate in the challenge for the top. Unexpectedly, Matos' header from close range hit the goal. It hit the crossbar, bounced back into the penalty area, and was cleared by Velarde with a big kick, and it just landed next to Toranso."
"Then, Toranso grabbed the second spot and passed the header to Alejandro Romero. The two of them cooperated by constantly hitting the wall while traveling, and successfully tore apart San Lorenzo's defense. Finally, Toranso rushed into the penalty area and scored from close range with a volley into the upper right corner."
"San Lorenzo, who attacked fiercely and with great momentum, not only failed to break through the Hurricanes' goal, but was penetrated by the Hurricanes' defense with a quick counterattack."
"This was a classic quick counterattack, and Hurricanes scored first to take a 1-0 away lead."
"Now the balance has been broken. I guess the home team San Lorenzo will attack more intensely and the game will become more exciting, right?"
The commentators were right in their guess.
San Lorenzo, who had been attacking for more than ten minutes and had several shots but failed to score, saw that the Hurricanes scored the first goal through a quick counterattack and took the lead. Naturally, they felt quite unhappy. Unconvinced.
If we don't get it back quickly, how can San Lorenzo, a giant in Argentina, last season's Copa Libertadores champion and playing at home, afford to lose face?
Therefore, after Atletico Hurricanes celebrated the goal and the game restarted, San Lorenzo continued to press hard, vowing to score an equalizer or even reverse the score.
The Hurricane Athletics team was also boosted by this unexpected counterattack goal and entered the game state. The two sides began to compete for the midfield and fought fiercely in the midfield.
