A decisive win against San Lorenzo in an away game is not only as simple as winning a league game and gaining 3 points, but it is also a huge boost to the confidence and morale of the entire Hurricanes team.
Because San Lorenzo is the top club in Argentina and the Copa Libertadores champion last season. The Hurricanes can win away games and are now ranked first in the standings. Even as a newly promoted team, there is nothing wrong with thinking about the championship. .
The confidence and morale of the whole team have been greatly improved. When daily training resumed on March 17, not only Bonnie Fashaw and Dalia, but also Alejandro Romero and Lucas ·Villaruel and Avila also joined the ranks of extra training in the morning and evening.
Velarde's personal progress speed is abnormal, and no one can compare with him. But Bonnie Fashaw and Dalia, because of their good relationship with Willard, were dragged by Willard to practice together every day. They have made a lot of progress from last season to now. A, and also got the opportunity to play in the A-League and Copa Libertadores.
Compared with their previous strength, which was only a marginal substitute in the second division, they have undoubtedly improved a lot. Therefore, this can be regarded as an example for everyone. In addition, with the recent consecutive victories and high morale, Romero, Lucas, Avila and others who are in better physical condition have also joined the ranks of extra training in the morning and evening. Pursue greater progress and prepare to compete for the championship and perform the miracle of the newly promoted team winning the championship.
Although other teammates did not join in the extra training in the morning and evening, their usual training was much more serious.
As the saying goes, those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black. When the whole team has formed an atmosphere of hard work, unity and hard work, even if a small number of players want to fish, they will not be able to do it. Under everyone's supervision and influence, I also worked much harder than before.
When Mario Binco, assistant Andres Yalin and others were chatting, they were all really pleased with the changes in the team in recent days, and they became even more enthusiastic about the goal of winning the championship this season.
If the Hurricanes really win any of the A-League or Libertadores championships this season, they will undoubtedly become famous as coaches.
Therefore, the coaching staff has also worked harder, working overtime day and night to designate detailed diet and training plans for each player, watching videos of opponents, specifying game tactics, presetting unexpected situations that may lead to qualifying in the game, etc.
Everything is developing in an extremely good direction.
On March 21st, in the 6th round of the A-League, Atletico Hurricanes faced Argentine Youth at home.
Argentina Youth are also a newly promoted team. They were promoted from Group A of Argentina B last season. In the first 5 rounds of this season, they remained undefeated with 2 wins and 3 draws. They ranked 8th in the standings and performed very well.
However, when they met the Hurricanes Athletic Team, which had just defeated San Lorenzo and the morale of the team was high, the young Argentinians were doomed to tragedy.
In just the 5th minute of the game, the Hurricanes took a long shot from outside the penalty area through midfielder Toranso, forcing goalkeeper Ojeda to save the ball from the bottom line and get a corner kick.
In this corner kick competition, Dalia, who took the corner kick, took the ball a little too wide, directly passed the front point, Willard and others in the middle, and fell to the back point.
But captain Mancinelli grabbed the first point from behind.
However, the angle from which he grabbed the landing point was very small, and goalkeeper Ojeda had also moved to the back point, blocking the angle. Therefore, Mancinelli wisely did not header the ball towards the goal, but moved the ball again. Push, push back to the previous point.
When the young Argentine defenders at the front saw the ball flying to the back, they already started to move back. As a result, Mancinelli headed the ball back this time, and they lost their position, just missing Hurricanes forward Avila.
Avila was about 4 meters away from the goal in front of the small penalty area. He didn't even take off his jump. He just swung his head to attack the goal and easily headed the ball passed by Mancinelli into the goal.
Goalkeeper Ojeda had already rushed to the back point and was unable to fight back. He could only watch the ball fly into the goal.
Only 5 minutes into the game, Mancinelli assisted Avila to score a lightning goal for Atletico Hurricanes, leading the Argentine youth 1-0.
The more than 40,000 Hurricanes home fans at the scene instantly became excited and burst into warm and huge cheers, celebrating wildly for the team's lightning goal so quickly.
After the Hurricanes ended their celebration, the Argentine youth took advantage of the kick-off opportunity in the center circle to launch a counterattack, but the final shot failed to hit the goal frame and missed the baseline, and it went too far.
Afterwards, the game resumed with the Hurricanes playing against the Argentine youth.
Although the young Argentineans knew that they were not as strong as the Hurricanes and they were playing away from home, they adopted a very pragmatic defensive formation of 5 backs and double midfielders for defensive counterattacks.
However, under the powerful offensive of the Hurricane Athletic Team, the young people's counterattack failed, and the defense was also full of loopholes, which could not stop the Hurricane Team's offense.
In the 9th minute, after receiving Toranso's pass in the penalty area, Avila did not turn around and shoot. Instead, he made a good goal to Alejandro Romero who inserted into the penalty area from the wing.
Unfortunately, Romero was not sure about it and wanted to push the shot into the far corner, but the shot was not accurate. Although the ball avoided the goalkeeper's fingers, it also missed the far post and failed to expand the score.
In the 17th minute, the Hurricanes got another frontcourt free kick with a good position and angle. Toranso hit a high-quality direct free kick that bypassed the wall, but ended up hitting the crossbar. Blocked by the doorframe.
Bad luck.
Although they were already leading, the Hurricanes were not satisfied at all and wanted to score more goals and seal the victory as early as possible.
As a result, Hurricanes Athletics kept attacking. The continuous offensive overwhelmed the Argentine youth, and it was not until the 35th minute that they completed a counterattack and completed their first shot within the goal frame.
But this time the so-called hit on the door frame was also weak due to Alan Willard's pressing interference. The angle was too positive and was directly confiscated into the arms of goalkeeper Marcos Dias.
In turn, in the 29th minute, the Hurricane Athletics played another threatening team attack.
After Velarde inserted in the back row and received Toranso's return pass, he suddenly made a pass with his big foot and sent the ball to the right baseline.
His friend Dalia, who understood the situation well, moved forward at high speed and caught up with the ball before the full-back Matisse could destroy it. He passed the ball without stopping and kicked the ball towards the goal.
Avila rushed into the penalty area to fight for the target, but failed to grab the target. Instead, he forced the center back Frelos who was closely marking him to accidentally score an own goal. Although he grabbed the first point, he headed the ball into his own goal. goal.
Goalkeeper Ojeda was caught off guard and could not even react. He watched helplessly as his teammate Frelos headed the ball into the goal he was guarding.
With an own goal from the opponent's center back, Hurricanes Athletic expanded the score to 2-0.
The Hurricanes fans at the scene and in front of the TV celebrated even more enthusiastically.
This score and the situation on the field let everyone know that the game was basically settled.
But even so, the Hurricanes' offense still did not stop. The Argentine young people could only occasionally counterattack, but under the joint defense of Velarde, Lucas, Nervo, Domingos and others, they even shot. Opportunities are almost impossible to find.
As for the Hurricanes Athletic Team, even Velarde and Lucas on the defensive midfielder can organize attacks and threaten the opponent's gaps.
In the 34th minute, Lucas sent a wonderful pass, which directly penetrated the Argentine youth's defense and sent the ball into the gap on the left side of the penalty area.
Alejandro Romero cut inside the penalty area, met the ball and shot a powerful shot from close range, and it also had an angle.
If no one blocks it, the ball will most likely be scored.
Unfortunately, the ball was rushed from the side by the opponent's center back Matt Riccardi and made a timely flying tackle. He blocked the ball out of the baseline with his feet and only gave the Hurricanes a corner kick.
In the subsequent corner kick, the Hurricanes failed to grab the first point and were pushed out of the penalty area by the opponent's center back to clear the ball.
However, it doesn’t matter. With Velarde, Lucas, Toranso, and Romero, the Hurricanes’ midfield control has crushed the Argentine youth. Even if the opponent gets the ball, it will be difficult to pass through the midfield. A threat to the Hurricanes' goal.
Usually, the young people's counterattack reaches the midfield and is interrupted by the Hurricanes. Then it returns to the rhythm of the Hurricanes relying on their strong strength and state to bombard the young Argentine's penalty area.
In such constant attacks, the Argentine youth's defense finally broke through again in the 38th minute.
This time, Toranso dribbled the ball in the middle and broke through a defensive midfielder and then suddenly distributed the ball to the wing. Dalia stepped in from the wing to receive the ball, and the ground ball near the baseline was passed in front of the goal. Avila grasped it this time. Seizing the opportunity, he made a flying tackle and scooped the ball into the goal before the defender tried to clear the ball.
Avila scored twice and Hurricanes led 3-0.
The commentators in the commentary box all sighed:
"The gap is too big."
“Although they are both promoted teams, Atletico Huracán currently maintains a complete victory in the league and Copa Libertadores. This is a feat that no team in Argentina can achieve, including River Plate, Boca Juniors, and San Lorenzo. etc."
"Especially after the last round away game against San Lorenzo, everyone can clearly see that the Hurricanes' morale, fighting spirit, and state have gone to a higher level in this game."
"By winning the last derby four years ago, the confidence and morale of the entire Hurricanes team has been greatly improved."
"In this game, young Argentineans were unlucky enough to encounter such a Hurricane Athletic team, and were beaten without any power to fight back."
"The offense is completely unable to pass through the midfield defense led by Velarde. Let alone scoring goals, there are very few shooting opportunities. So far, the young Argentine has only two shots, which is not as many as the Hurricanes Athletic Team. "
"The score of 3-0 also makes this game without any suspense. The next thing Argentine young people have to consider is to defend solidly and not concede more goals, so as not to lose another game."
"However, currently in the standings, Hurricanes Athletics and Rosario Central are tied for first place with 15 points. Hurricanes Athletics is just barely ranked first with one more goal difference."
“So this is a game that Atlético Huracán might not only want to win but also have a better goal difference.”
"The score of 3-0 may not be enough for the Hurricanes who need more goal difference."
"Whether young Argentinians will concede more goals is still unclear!"
