In the stadium, Velarde, who scored his first goal for the national team, was also very excited. After landing, he rushed out of the penalty area and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate by sliding on his knees.
Fortunately, he did not overturn like Robben, and gave the fans a perfect celebration by sliding on his knees, and was then hugged and high-fived by his teammates who gathered around him.
Although there are various problems in the Argentine team, when celebrating goals, they can still show the overall appearance of a team without being too divided.
It can be regarded as a sign of unity, and it is not hopeless.
After Velarde and his teammates finished celebrating, El Salvador took a shot from the center circle. Before a shot was completed, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Argentina defeated El Salvador 2-0 in an away game and won this game. Victory in the first friendly match of the second FIFA match day.
Velarde, who contributed a key goal-line clearance and a header, was named the best player of the game even though he only came on in the second half.
After the game, Velarde and his teammates went to the stands where a small number of away Argentine fans gathered and interacted and celebrated with these Argentine fans.
Willard also received the experience reward from this game, which was indeed very rich, reaching as much as 10 million for one goal.
According to the system's explanation, this is because the national team has an honor bonus in competitions, so it has more experience.
The total experience that Willard finally gained is: 5 million substitutes + 10 million for 1 goal + 20 million winning prizes + 50 million A-level evaluation = 85 million.
This increased Willard's total experience to 97.36 million/20 million at level 28, and was continuously upgraded to 77.36 million/30 million at level 29, 47.36 million/40 million at level 30, and 7.36 million/50 million at level 31.
The reward for skill points for upgrading from level 21 to level 30 is 30, and the reward for skill points for upgrading from level 31 to level 40 has increased again, reaching 40. From this, Willard received a reward of 100 skill points for upgrading to three levels in a row.
Physique has reached 90, and it cannot be increased temporarily in the A-League. Defense and header have been added once this week, so Willard spent 22 skill points to increase awareness from 87 to 88 and speed from 87 to 88. , skill increased from 82 to 83, shooting increased from 72 to 73, reverse foot increased from 45 to 46, passing increased from 72 to 73, leaving 78 skill points remaining.
After completing the upgrade and adding points, Willard’s skill attributes will change to:
Host: Alan Willard
Nationality: Argentina
Club: Hurricanes Athletics
Birthday: May 19, 1993
Height: 186cm
Weight: 86kg
Level: 31
Experience: 7.36 million/50 million
Skill points: 78
Defense: 88
Physique: 90
Awareness: 88
Speed: 88
Headers: 89
Technology: 83
Shots: 73
Inverse foot: 46
Passes: 73
Goalkeeping: 24
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As Willard had predicted before, the national team's A-level competition was indeed rich in experience. It was very cost-effective to give up a club league game.
But I don’t know if losing that league game will affect the Hurricanes’ final A-League championship. If we lose those 3 points in the end, it would be a bit uneconomical.
But that was all at the end of the season, who could have predicted it?
Anyway, Willard has been promoted to three levels in a row through this A-level event and has gained enough skill points, which is almost enough for him to add several major skills to the upper limit of 90 in the A-League. It will also help him in the next games. display stronger strength.
Whether it's worth it or not will be known until the end of the season.
Now I can only focus on the game in front of me.
After the game, Gerardo Martino praised Velarde for not giving up, returning to defense at full speed, reaching the goal line to save the key, and decisively intervening in the aerial challenge and scoring a header in the subsequent attack.
This sent a positive signal, proving that Willard's performance as a substitute in this game was recognized by the head coach.
Perhaps, in the next game, Velarde will be able to get more playing time. If he performs well in the next game, he will most likely be selected for the official roster for the Copa America in Chile in June.
The next day, Monday, March 30, Willard spent 32 skill points to increase defense/awareness/speed from 88 to 89, header from 89 to 90, and skill from 83 to 84. Shooting increases from 73 to 74, backfoot increases from 46 to 47, passing increases from 73 to 74, leaving 46 skill points remaining.
Now, Willard already has two skills that have reached 90 in physique and heading. He will definitely perform better in the set-piece competition for the top.
In the Argentine media on this day, Velarde's national team debut also received unanimous praise from the media and fans.
"In a friendly match last night, Sardo, ranked 89th in the FIFA rankings, hosted last year's World Cup runner-up Argentina."
"Argentina rotated most of its main players in this game, starting with a small number of main players such as Di María and Higuain plus most of the substitutes."
"This lineup made Argentina powerless against El Salvador's iron barrel formation, and the first half ended in a goalless draw."
“It wasn’t until Villard and Messi came on as substitutes in the second half that Messi assisted Di Maria to open the scoring. In the last seconds of injury time before the end of the game, Villard scored with a header to help Argentina seal the score. At 2-0."
"This was Alan Willard's national team debut. Not only did he complete the defensive task excellently, he also made a goal-line save in the 89th minute, deflecting a single shot from El Salvador forward Bonilla. He came out and scored the icing on the cake header at the last moment of injury time to help Argentina win 2-0."
“Scoring a goal in his first appearance with the national team is an achievement that is not easy for even a forward to achieve, not to mention that Velarde is also a defensive midfielder. And Velarde did not delay his defensive tasks; , and only occasionally intervened to participate in the attack, he seized this opportunity and scored with a header, completing his first goal for the national team."
"After the game, Velarde was also named the best player of the game. He even stole the spotlight from Messi, Di Maria and others."
"There is no doubt that Velarde's journey with the national team went very smoothly, and he performed very well in the first game. If he can continue this performance in the second game, it is estimated that there will definitely be someone in the squad for the Copa America in Chile this year. Willard’s place.”
"Let's look forward to his performance in the second friendly match!"
Returning to the domestic training base, after two days of lightweight training, on April 1, 2015, Argentina sat at home and ushered in the second warm-up match of this FIFA match day: playing against Ecuador at home.
Although Ecuador is ranked 29th in the latest FIFA rankings, which is much better than El Salvador, the strength gap with Argentina, which is ranked second in the world, is still a bit wide. Everyone generally believes that it is natural for Argentina to win at home, and it is normal to win by a big score.
Because this game is at home, there is no room for error, and in order to train the main lineup, Gerardo Martino sent most of the main players, and the goalkeeper is No. 1 Sergio Romero (Sampdoria). Doria), the defenders from left to right are No. 16 Rojo (Manchester United), No. 3 Otamendi (Valencia), No. 2 Garay (Zenit St. Petersburg), and No. 4 Zabaleta (Manchester City) , the double defensive midfielders are No. 14 Mascherano (Barcelona) and No. 8 Alan Velarde (Atletico Hurricanes), and the forward line is No. 5 Federico Manquillo (Independiente Argentina), No. 10 Li Messi (Barcelona), No. 7 Di Maria (Manchester United), and the lone forward is No. 11 Aguero (Manchester City).
Even in such a lineup with almost all the main players, Velard, who performed well in the last game, still got the chance to start.
This made Krisina, Alyssa, Bertha and others who took special leave to watch the national team's home games very happy. After all, this way there is no need to worry about whether Willard will get a chance to play while sitting on the bench.
After the game started, Argentina still took advantage of its strong technical advantages and the favorable conditions of playing at home and making it easier to enter the state, and launched an impact on Ecuador's defense from the beginning.
The power of the trident of Messi, Di Maria, and Aguero is still extraordinary.
Only 8 minutes into the game, Di Maria, who switched to the right wing in this game, dribbled the ball from the wing at high speed like Robben and then cut in and shot, hitting a high-quality arcing shot.
Although the ball finally bounced off Ecuador's far post and failed to score directly, the second spot was grabbed by Argentine player Aguero.
As the top striker in the Premier League, Aguero, although only 173cm tall, is quite strong in terms of physique and running position. He caught up with the opponent's defender Erasso who was trying to clear the ball and fired a volley before the ball landed. Successfully kicked the ball into Ecuador's goal.
In just the 8th minute of the game, Argentina scored a lightning goal.
This start was much better than the previous game, and it was no wonder that Gerardo Martino sent in most of the main players.
The tens of thousands of Argentina home fans in the stands also cheered thunderously, feeling excited and proud that the Pampas Eagles took the lead in the first 8 minutes.
After the game restarted, after all, Ecuador was ranked dozens of places higher than El Salvador, and their strength was naturally very different. They were able to use the kick-off right to launch a wave of threatening attacks.
However, the opponent's winger Felipe Caicedo's passing intention of going down the left wing and cutting inside the inverted triangle was discovered by Velarde in advance.
Before the ball could be caught by Ecuadorian forward Renato Ibarra in the gap near the top of the penalty area and shot, the ball was intercepted by Velarde, who had an insight into the opponent's passing intention.
Willard completed an anticipatory mid-block.
In the 17th minute, the opponent's midfielder Lastra broke through the winger Federico Manquillo with the ball. Velarde, who was waiting on the side, had quick eyes and quick feet. He took advantage of Lasters' breakthrough and controlled the ball. In an imprecise moment, a decisive sliding tackle successfully scooped the ball away and brought down Rastus.
But Willard did not foul, but completed another excellent steal and destruction.
In this game, Argentina's midfielder configuration was much stronger than in the previous game. Both Alan Velarde and Mascherano were called the Great Wall of Steel, making Ecuador's counterattacks almost always end in vain.
Although Ecuador is relatively good compared to El Salvador, the effect is the same, as they are unable to produce fatal attacks to form shots or goals.
On the contrary, Argentina, as long as they get the ball, the Pampas Eagles with the trident of Messi, Aguero, and Di Maria can often pose a threat to shoot.
Unfortunately, Messi's feet didn't seem to be very good today. In the 21st and 27th minutes, his two consecutive shots failed to hit a very tricky angle, and both times were saved by the goalkeeper.
However, if this situation continues, it is only a matter of time before Argentina expands its lead.
