The commentators' predictions were correct. In the next ten minutes, although SUK tried its best to counterattack and try to equalize the score, the Hurricanes' defense, led by Velarde, never gave the visiting team a good chance.
Before the end of the first half, in the 42nd minute, Suker University finally got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Midfielder Robben Costa's arcing free kick also successfully bypassed the wall and hit the goal frame. within the range.
However, goalkeeper Marcos Dias was so powerful that he jumped and saved the ball from the bottom line.
The ensuing corner kick from SUK was too close to the goal, and Marcos Dias struck directly and picked it out of the air, giving both sides no chance to fight for the top.
Under the current favorable situation, the entire Hurricane Athletic team is very united. Velarde is not fighting alone, but is leading a group of like-minded teammates who all want to win the championship.
Even if he is occasionally attacked by the opponent, and is unable to immediately intercept the opponent's attacks from other directions, his teammates can help defend him. Even if the opponent finally got a chance to shoot, goalkeeper Marcos Dias was still struggling to keep the goal.
If Atlético Hurrican finally wins the AFC Champions League or the Copa Libertadores, Velarde will naturally be the biggest beneficiary, and there is a high probability that he will transfer to a wealthy club in the five major European leagues. But other teammates will not get nothing.
As a member of the championship team, whether it is a contract extension, salary increase, transfer to another club, or commercial endorsement, there will be many benefits.
Everyone was still playing in the Albanian League B last season. Now that there is such a prospect, naturally everyone has to work hard, but with Boca Juniors, River Plate, San Lorenzo and other giants that are used to winning championships. The old fritters in the formation are different.
The whole team's united defense prevented Suker University from equalizing the score until the end of the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
Suker University, which was behind in the score and had very few points, had no retreat and could only increase its offensive intensity in the second half. Not to mention the away victory against Hurricanes Athletic, we must at least score one point to have any hope of qualifying.
However, the Hurricanes' defense has been rock solid, and SUK's offense simply cannot work.
In the 53rd minute, Suker University took a big kick in the backcourt. Velard grabbed the spot during the competition with the opponent's center David Castro, and passed the ball to Mancinelli on the wing, regaining it. Ball possession.
In the 60th minute, Suker University's No. 9 winger Beltrame used a fried meatball fake move to break through Lucas Villaruel, but was tackled to the ground by Mancinelli with the ball.
Mancinelli received a yellow card, but SUK's offense was interrupted again.
In the 67th minute, SUK managed to tear apart the Hurricanes' defense through team passing and cooperation. Forward David Castro completed a shot in the penalty area, but in the end, Santiago Etcheberg Due to Ya's interference, he hit the outside of the post and bounced off the baseline, without even a corner kick.
The Bolivian commentator said helplessly:
"Once again, SUK's offense came up short."
"The Hurricanes' defense was too tight and we couldn't break into their penalty area. Even if we occasionally got shooting opportunities, we faced serious interference and played very reluctantly, making it difficult to score goals."
“The Hurricanes’ Allen Willard is the biggest obstacle to SU’s scoring goals.”
“Not only does he have a good physique, fast speed, abundant physical fitness, and strong ability to compete for the top, his defensive ability is second to none in the entire South American football, but he also has super awareness and can see through his own loopholes and the opponent’s offensive intentions. Instruct teammates to help defend when the situation arises.”
"This kind of ability to defend oneself and command teammates to assist in defense and interference is rare in football."
"There are players who are good at defense and players who are good at commanding, but there are too few players who can combine the two."
"The key is that Willard also has good offensive ability and is versatile in both offense and defense."
"That's even more enviable."
"Argentina has another amazing talent, and it's not a striker, but a midfielder."
"This is undoubtedly a huge compensation for Argentina, which already has a talent like Messi in the frontcourt."
"We don't know yet what kind of storm the combination of Velarde and Messi in the Argentine national team will bring."
"But now Willard alone can hold SUK's entire offense down."
"Moreover, besides defending, Velarde often provided assists and threatened SUK's backcourt in counterattacks from time to time."
"If SUK doesn't pay attention, it might lose the ball, and then the game will be completely over."
It must be said that Bolivian commentators have the potential to be prophets. However, his prediction came true for his team, and he was criticized verbally and written by many SUK fans after the game.
Not long after he said this, in the 72nd minute, Velarde predicted the passing intention of SUK University winger Balivian in the backcourt, inserted a flying tackle in time, and intercepted the ball halfway. down.
Then, without waiting for the opponent's nearest player to counterattack, Velarde lay on the ground and swept the ball to the receiving Lucas Villaruel.
Then the Hurricane Athletics launched a quick counterattack. Lucas Villaruel, Alejandro Romero, Toranso, and Avila all fired four arrows, and quickly overwhelmed the SUK return team. The defense line that could not be guarded ended up with Alejandro Romero cutting in from the left and passing the ball in an inverted triangle. Toranso stepped in from the back row and pushed a shot into the lower right corner near the penalty spot of the penalty area and succeeded.
The Argentine commentators happily said:
"The ball is in!"
"Toranso's push from the center and an inverted triangle pass from the wing from Alejandro Romero."
"This goal was an attack initiated by Velarde who intercepted the ball in the backcourt. The Hurricanes' counterattack was too fast. SUK University, which was aggressively attacking to equalize the score, had no time to organize a complete defense line. Toranso was The important attackers were given opportunities in the middle to face the goal.”
"The goal was scored very easily. Hurricane Athletics leads SUK 2-0, basically sealing the victory."
"With Alan Willard here, it is basically impossible for SUK to recover from being two goals behind."
"The Hurricanes Athletic Team, which has secured the victory, can start to make substitutions and let some of its main players take a rest."
The commentator was right. After scoring this goal, leading by two goals and sealing the victory, Mario Binco began to make substitutions one after another, making Avila and Alejandro Romero within a few minutes. , Eduardo Dominguez all came off the field to rest and prepare for the next game.
After all, the recent two-front combat schedule is too intensive, and we must prepare for a rainy day.
In the last twenty minutes, Suker University also used up all the substitutions and launched a desperate attack. However, Velarde was still on the court. His own defensive ability that had been increased to 90 and the assistance of his teammates allowed Suker to Universities have been unable to break through.
Until the end of the game, SUK failed to score even a single goal.
In the end, the Hurricane Athletics defeated Sooke University 2-0 at home and won the fourth round of the Copa Libertadores group stage. They won four consecutive group stage victories and topped the group stage standings with 12 points.
In another game in the same group, Cruzeiro beat McNilas 3-0. Cruzeiro ranked second with 7 points, Suker University ranked third with 4 points, and McNilas was last with 0 points. Already eliminated early, Hurricane Athletics leads third-place SUK University by 8 points.
With only two rounds left in the group stage, Atletico Hurricanes has locked in the top two qualifying spots and advanced to the top 16 knockout rounds of this season's Copa Libertadores.
Even the Hurricanes are 5 points ahead of second place Cruzeiro. As long as the Hurricanes Atlético score one or two more points, or Cruzeiro cannot win two consecutive games, then the first place belongs to the Hurricanes Atlético and will have an advantage in the knockout draw.
The first place in the group is basically stable.
Before the knockout rounds, the Hurricanes Athletic Team can basically focus on the league and no longer have to worry about two-line operations.
Therefore, after the game, the Hurricanes Athletic team and fans had a long party. And Willard also received a reward of 1 million for starting + 500,000 for 1 assist + 2 million for winning prize + 5 million for A-level performance = 8.5 million experience. The total experience increased to level 32, 62.2 million/60 million, and he was automatically upgraded. It is 2.2 million/70 million at level 33, and you will get an upgrade reward of 40 skill points, and the balance of skill points will increase to 99.
After the game, Atletico Hurricanes received praise from the Argentine media.
Because after all the fourth round group matches of the Copa Libertadores were played, Atletico Hurricanes became the only team to qualify early. Although there are other teams that have won four consecutive games and accumulated 12 points, they are not able to reach 7 points or more ahead of the third-placed team. With two rounds left in the game, they are still theoretically defeated by the second-placed team. , the possibility of the third place joining forces to squeeze out.
Therefore, the Hurricanes Athletic Team became the only team to qualify early and advance to the knockout rounds after playing four rounds of group matches.
You know, the Hurricanes Athletic Team was still a second-division team last season! Now that they have been promoted to the A-League, they are only a newly promoted team, and they have not made any major signings or introduced any powerful stars.
In addition to Alejandro Romero, other main players such as Toranso, Avila, Lucas, Mancinelli, etc. were all players of the Hurricanes who were still playing in the Albanian League last season. , even Avila served as a substitute for Thomson Mira and Espinoza last season.
Such an almost intact lineup came to play in the AFC Champions League and the Copa Libertadores, but the results turned out to be very good. They currently occupy the first place in the standings of the AFC Champions League and the Copa Libertadores group stage, which is shocking.
At present, the Hurricane Athletic Team has played 14 games in the new season, with a record of 13 wins and 1 loss. The game they lost was because Velarde was called up to the national team and played in the national team game.
Hurricanes Athletic have won all games with Alan Willard on the field.
This shows the relationship between the Hurricanes' strong performance and Alan Willard.
As one media outlet put it:
"The current Atletico Hurricanes team is ranked among the top in South America in terms of both offensive and defensive capabilities."
"Otherwise, we will not be able to rank first in both the AFC Champions League and the Copa Libertadores group stage."
"And this is obviously directly related to the growth of Alan Willard."
"Before last season, Willard had not shown much talent. He was just an ordinary professional player who grew up in the youth training camp of the Hurricane Athletic Team. He could barely play as a substitute in the second division."
"But since the death of Velarde's parents last summer, I don't know if he was stimulated by something. Not only did Velarde work very hard in training, but he also had extra training every morning and night, and the extra training plan was still planned by the Hurricanes' coaching staff. Make adjustments when appropriate, and make adjustments every month.”
"Such hard work coupled with Velarde's late-blooming talent may be the reason. Velarde's progress has been rapid in the past year. He has grown from an ordinary backup midfielder in the second division to Argentina and even South America's leading defensive midfielder. waist."
"At the same time, Velarde's technical and offensive abilities are also improving rapidly. Not only his header ability brought by his physical fitness, but also his continuous passing and receiving, stopping the ball, dribbling breakthroughs, shooting, etc. have all been very high. improvement."
"Even the technical indicators have gotten to the point where they're pretty good."
"With such an all-around midfielder and excellent leadership skills, it's no wonder that the Hurricanes have achieved such amazing results under the leadership of Willard."
“Even so far, Hurricanes Atletico have not had any injuries and have not accumulated many yellow cards.”
"This season, the Hurricanes Athletic Team may really be able to create a miracle that shocks the world under the leadership of Alan Willard."
"let us wait and see."
