Boca Juniors' frenzied attack looked very fierce, but they were never able to form a truly threatening shot, let alone score a goal.
On the contrary, it was the Hurricane Athletics team that took the lead in launching a fatal counterattack.
In the 26th minute, when Boca center Osvaldo took the ball and faced Federico Bismara's interception, he failed to pass the ball out in time.
Maybe he had some contempt for Bismara in his heart, thinking that Bismara was not as difficult to deal with as Velarde. He wanted to break through Bismara directly, but Bismara stole the ball away.
The ball poked out by Bismara was picked up by center back Nervo. Before Boca winger Lodeiro next to him could get close to press, Nervo passed the ball to Mancinelli in the gap on the wing.
Mancinelli took the ball forward without hesitation and launched a quick counterattack.
Mancinelli, Alan Velarde, Alejandro Romero, Turaza, Avila, after the five people passed the ball in succession, the midfielder and backfielder of Boca Youth could not wait to return to defense. With a well-organized defense in place, the offense has already penetrated the penalty area.
In the end, Alan Willard made a wonderful pass to the side. The right midfielder Turaza made a pass and hoisted the ball into the middle of the penalty area. Boca defender Colazo, who was in front of the ball, failed to touch the ball and went over the top.
Then, Avila, who was inserted in the middle, grabbed the first point, jumped directly to the top, and headed the ball into the Boca Juniors goal.
The distance was too close and the ball was too fast. Goalkeeper Guillermo Sala reflexively dived but failed to touch the ball.
The entire counterattack process was smooth and smooth. The Boca defenders who were returning to defense did not even touch the ball before the ball flew into the goal.
"Wow..." The more than 40,000 Hurricanes fans in the entire Thomas Duke Stadium were all excited. Everyone jumped up from their seats, screaming and shouting wildly in celebration.
Avila, who scored on the field, was also very excited. He rushed to the sidelines and did two consecutive front flips to celebrate. Then he was surrounded by his teammates and almost lost his hair.
Facing a behemoth like Boca Juniors and facing Boca's violent attack, the Hurricanes not only withstood the attack, but also scored the first goal through a quick counterattack, which in turn led the opponent.
This kind of development direction of the game obviously makes Hurricanes fans the most satisfied.
Boca Juniors want revenge?
The Hurricanes still want to continue to win against Boca and use facts to prove that beating Boca last year was not a fluke!
Who will win in the end will only be known after the fight. It cannot be achieved by shouting a few slogans or saying a few big words.
After the Hurricanes Athletics celebrated, the game continued.
After attacking for more than 20 minutes and completing multiple shots, not only did they fail to score, but they were easily scored by the opponent on a counterattack. Boca Juniors became a little annoyed and increased their offensive intensity again, wave after wave. Crazy attack on the penalty area of Hurricane Athletics, even the center back crossed the center line and participated in the passing and receiving attack.
Such an offensive intensity is not insignificant. But the problem is that the Hurricanes are now in the lead, and the players are also in high morale. Amid the cheers of the fans, they are fighting head-on with Boca Juniors, constantly blocking the opponent's passes or shots.
In the 31st minute, Velarde kicked the opponent's forward Federico Carrizo hard in order to compete for a ball with equal opportunity. As a result, Villard acted as if nothing had happened, and Carrizo was brought to the ground by the huge force and inertia of the sudden stop. He also wanted the referee to call a foul on Villard, but the referee indicated that there was no foul and the game continued.
Five minutes later, Federico Carriso tried to pass the ball past full-back Mancinelli, but Mancinelli got stuck inside and cleared the ball.
In the 40th minute, Boca Juniors made a comeback and made a pass from the right. Center Osvaldo managed to get the first header, but goalkeeper Marcos Dias saved it. .
Boca Juniors' offensive was quite fierce. Even Velarde could not lead his teammates to completely stop the opponent's attack.
But the problem is that Boca Juniors' offense has never been able to convert into goals, and the formation is getting higher and higher, exposing a huge gap in the backcourt.
So, when the time came to the 44th minute and the first half was about to end, Velarde passed the ball through an aerial duel to Alejandro Rome, who was the starting midfielder for this game. When Romero saw the huge gap in the opponent's half, and the forward Avila who was sprinting towards the opponent's half, he did not counterattack with the ball, but directly passed the ball forward with a long pass. field.
Boca center back Tosilieri wanted to tackle the ball halfway, but Romero's through ball was too good. His speed and route just avoided Tosilieri's tackle, and the ball passed through Tosilieri. The sole of his shoe rolled forward and into the backcourt of Boca Juniors.
Avila rushed from behind another central defender Daniel Dias, received the ball before Daniel Dias returned to defense, formed a single goal, and then strode towards the Boca penalty area with the ball.
Although Daniel Dias desperately returned to defense, his speed was not as fast as Avila as a forward. Although Avila was dribbling the ball forward, Daniel Dias could not catch up and could only gradually get closer.
But before he could get close enough to interfere with or even steal the ball, Avila had already dribbled the ball to the top of Boca Juniors' penalty area, and then faced goalkeeper Guillermo who struck into the penalty area. Sarah directly chose to shoot.
The ball soared into the air, over goalkeeper Sala's head, and after drawing a parabola in the air, fell into the Boca Juniors gate without any suspense.
"Wow, the ball went in!"
"Two goals!"
"Avila!"
"Avila scored with a single lob and once again broke through the door of Boca Juniors."
"Before the end of the first half, the Hurricanes counterattacked again. Alejandro Romero sent a fatal through ball. Avila caught the ball in front of the offside and scored a single goal."
"Hurricane Atletico leads Boca Juniors 2-0 at home."
"Although Boca Juniors has an absolute advantage in possession and shots, it is the Hurricanes who are leading now, and they are leading by two goals."
"It must be said that the defense of the Hurricanes Athletic Team was successful. Although Boca Juniors completed many shots, the shooting opportunities were not good every time. They were either at a wrong angle or were interfered by the Hurricanes defenders, making it difficult to hit the goal frame. .”
"Even if it hit the door frame, the threat was not too big and was resolved one by one by goalkeeper Marcos Dias."
"On the other hand, the Hurricane Athletic Team's efficiency is quite high. Although there are not many counterattacks, they are quite deadly."
"With two goals behind, it has become very difficult for Boca Juniors to come back or even reverse the score."
"Is Boca Juniors going to lose to Hurricanes again?"
“Doesn’t that prove that the Hurricanes’ win over Boca last year wasn’t just luck?”
"Boca Juniors, as a super-rich club, will definitely not be able to swallow this breath. The game in the second half will probably be more intense, let's wait and see."
The commentators' predictions were good. Shortly after Avila scored the goal, the referee ended the first half.
After a 15-minute break, when the second half started, Boca Juniors, who were two goals behind, became angry and launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the second half, trying to score an equalizer as soon as possible and reverse the score.
If we can achieve a big comeback after falling behind by two goals, it will be a morale-boosting revenge.
Although the Hurricanes were trying their best to defend under the leadership of Willard, even Fabianesi, Romero, Turaza and others in the midfield and frontcourt returned to participate in the defense, but Boca Juniors' overall performance The strength is indeed impressive.
In the 61st minute, Boca Youth finally made a pass from the left wing from winger Federico Carrizo. Center Osvaldo grabbed the first point in the penalty area. He did not directly attack the goal, but headed the ball to the position. Better right midfielder No. 17 Melli.
Melly rushed into the penalty area from the right wing, met Osvaldo's air ball in the ribs of the penalty area, and volleyed directly with one foot without stopping the ball, creating a super high-quality close-range world wave, such as The sharp arrow flew across a distance of more than ten meters and flew into the upper right corner of the goal.
Although goalkeeper Marcos Dias was also standing on the right side of the goal, the ball was too fast. Dias subconsciously made a flying save but still failed to touch the ball. The ball passed in front of his fingertips and flew in against the post. goal.
Boca Juniors finally used their strong overall strength to score their first goal of the game, regaining a point and rewriting the score to 2-1.
However, Melli, who scored the goal, did not celebrate. Instead, he rushed into the goal, picked up the ball again, and simply high-fived his teammates along the way. Then he ran back to the center line and put the ball in the center circle. , signaling the Hurricane Athletics team to kick off quickly.
After all, Boca Juniors are still one point behind, and they have to continue to score goals.
At this time, Mario Binco made a substitution adjustment and replaced Nervo with central defender Santiago Echeberria. On the one hand, he replaced him with new troops to strengthen the defense, and on the other hand, he used substitutions. Delay for a while and weaken the morale of Boca Juniors that has just been scored.
Sure enough, the Boca Juniors players who saw the Hurricanes requesting a substitution and couldn't wait for the game to start quickly so that they could score another goal to equalize the score were furious. However, substitution was a normal request and they could only watch. ,look on in despair.
Finally, after the Hurricanes completed their substitutions and kicked the ball out of the center circle, after the game restarted, Boca Juniors swarmed forward, tried to steal the ball, and immediately launched a counterattack.
But this time the Hurricanes did not kick the ball forward in an attempt to attack. Instead, they kept passing the ball back and began to walk around in the backcourt to delay time.
Even when Velarde got the ball, facing the opponent's forward Lodeiro's pressing, Velarde boldly knocked Lodeiro to the ground by smashing the ball, which made the home fans in the stands happy. of laughter and applause.
After attracting all the midfielders and frontcourt players of Boca Juniors, the Hurricanes Athletic Team began to pass the ball to the frontcourt and launch an attack.
At this time, there were not many people left in the backcourt of Boca, and the Hurricanes' offense really posed a threat. Unfortunately, in the final shot, Alejandro Romero's shot missed his foot and went slightly over the crossbar.
After this long pass and counterattack, Boca Youth's extraordinary morale that had just been scored to regain a point was weakened, and the subsequent attack was not so fierce.
Under the leadership of Velarde, the Hurricanes Atletico team set up heavy defenses to constantly neutralize the opponent's offensive, or force the opponent to pass the ball back, slowing down Boca Juniors' speed of hitting the ball into the penalty area.
When necessary, Willard will also signal his teammates to commit tactical fouls.
For example, in the 73rd minute, Boca's right midfielder Melly took the ball from the wing. Velarde went to intercept and press, but Melly immediately passed the ball back, and then the full-back Peruzzi transferred the ball with a big kick. The ball moved to the left wing and was sent to the feet of left winger Federico Carriso.
Because Boca Juniors' offense just now was on the right, the left side of the Hurricanes' defense was somewhat empty, and it was possible that Boca Juniors could break the situation from the left, just like the goal scored by Boca Juniors just now.
Therefore, Velarde gestured to center back Santiago Echeberria who was still in the penalty area, asking him to help defend and prepare for a tactical foul.
As a result, Federico Carrizo really broke through the full-back Mancinelli by riding a bicycle, and continued to get down to prepare for the cross.
Fortunately, Echeberria rushed to the wing in time under Velarde's instructions and blocked Carrizo's path.
Carrizo repeated his old trick, preparing to break through Etcheberria on his bicycle again, but was met with a decisive flying tackle from Etcheberria, who even took the ball and shoved it out of the sideline.
Although Echeberria was shown a yellow card for a foul, he successfully prevented Boca Juniors' threatening attack from the wing.
If Federico Carrizo is allowed to break through, whether it is a pass from the bottom, an inverted triangle pass, or a dribble into the penalty area and a shot, it will be a big threat to the Hurricanes.
Echeberria's tactical flying tackle can be described as decisive and timely.
