After a shot was blocked by Nervo and a breakthrough was intercepted by Velarde, Gonzano Martinez finally realized that it was difficult to pose a threat to the Hurricanes' defense with his own personal strength. When he got the ball, he started Actively cooperated with teammates.
But it was still of no use. The main players of the Hurricanes were in good physical condition and had high morale. Under the command of Willard, the defense was arranged to be airtight. Neither human breakthrough nor teamwork could penetrate the Hurricanes Athletics defense.
The Hurricanes' defense, headed by Velarde, has become the top defense in South America. Unless you are a dribbling master like Messi, or a passing master like Xavi or Iniesta, most people will really It's hard to find and exploit those fleeting holes in the Hurricanes' defense.
The more difficult aspect of River Plate is that they played until the last round of the Copa Libertadores and tried their best to barely lead the third place by 1 point and advance to the knockout rounds with second place in the group. The league did not give up, and also tried its best to maintain its unbeaten record since the start of the season and rank second in the standings.
This has led to River Plate having been engaged in intensive two-line operations before this Super Cup with no chance to rest. Even if the bench is deeper than that of Hurricanes, it cannot stand such a long-term double-match game. Therefore, in this Super Cup, River Plate Many main players have been rotated.
It's impossible not to rotate. Not only is it easy to lose the game when you are tired, but you may also get injured.
This made River Plate's performance when facing Hurricanes Athletics worse than Boca Juniors. Even though Gonzano Martinez was very active and tried his best to prove himself in front of his old club and old teammates, the whole team's physical fitness and condition could not keep up. Not only could they not break through the Hurricanes' defense, but they also failed in the Hurricanes In the rapid counterattacks one after another, his physical fitness collapsed due to sprinting back and forth to defend.
After several unsuccessful counterattacks, in the 29th minute, the Hurricanes once again cut off River Plate's offense through overall defense and got the ball to launch a counterattack.
When forward midfielder Toranso got the ball near the midfield and started to prepare for a long pass, the two central defenders behind River Plate, Maidana and Mori, rushed towards No. 9 Avila at the same time. .
Because of the previous counterattacks, the ball ended up at Avila's feet. Moreover, Avila is currently the top scorer of the Hurricanes and the most dangerous attacker. It is no wonder that Maidana and Mori coincidentally guard Avila.
In the end, Toranso's long pass was not passed to Avila, but to No. 11 Turaza who was inserted from the wing.
After receiving the ball, Turaza slanted the ball toward the penalty area, and then strode towards the River Plate goal.
Seeing that the full-back Bencioni who was returning to defense and one of the center backs Mori who gave up Avila and ran over to cover were about to block his way forward, Tulaza suddenly passed the ball across and passed to Avila inserted in the middle.
Mori saw Turaza passing the ball to Avila, and reflexively turned towards Avila, and then Turaza rushed past him.
Avila, who received Tulaza's pass, was not only surrounded by a central defender, Maidana, but also Mori, who was assisting in defense, was also rushing toward him.
Therefore, Avila did not stop the ball at all, but directly passed the ball back behind Mori and in the direction of Tulaza's movement.
Tulasa rushed from behind Mori, successfully received the ball, moved forward, and entered the penalty area, forming a single shot to counter offside.
This was a collision between Turaza and Avila, which allowed Turaza to successfully break through Mori's interception and sprint at full speed without the ball, preventing full-back Bencioni from returning to defense. Catch up with Tulazar and interfere with him personally.
Of course, Bencioni was still chasing after Turassa. If he delayed a little longer, he would be able to catch up with Turassa.
But Tulsa did not give him another chance.
Turaza, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area, faced the attacking goalkeeper Varrovero and volleyed the ball towards the far corner.
Varrovero flew sideways, but the angle of the ball was awkward and he failed to touch the ball.
The ball passed diagonally under Varrovero's palm, flew into the goal against the far post, and hit the side netting.
The commentators supporting the Hurricanes immediately shouted:
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball is in!"
"Tulasa!"
"Turaza received Toranso's long pass from the midfield and then hit the wall with Avila to form an anti-offside single shot. He entered the penalty area and volleyed into the far corner."
"Hurricane Athletics led River Plate 1-0 and took the advantage."
"As long as the Hurricanes take the lead, judging from the tightness of the Hurricanes' defense led by Willard, it will be very difficult for River Plate to reverse the comeback."
This is also true. The Hurricanes Athletic Team, which has no worries about physical fitness and is united, leaves the exhausted River Plate team that has rotated some of its main players helpless. There is no way at all.
In the 38th minute, River Plate finally used its overall strength to create a wave of tacit teamwork to tear apart the Hurricanes' defense. No. 7 forward Moura got a good shooting opportunity in the left rib of the penalty area.
As a result, his shot was still blocked by goalkeeper Marcos Dias, who subconsciously extended his foot and blocked the bottom line.
Until the end of the first half, River Plate failed to score to equalize the score. Instead, they suffered another fatal counterattack from the Hurricanes in the 43rd minute.
Unfortunately, Avila's shot hit goalkeeper Varovero's foot and was blocked. Otherwise, the Hurricanes would have taken a two-goal lead.
Even so, at halftime, the Hurricanes fans in the stands were very happy. After all, judging from historical experience, as long as the Hurricanes score first, the winning rate is quite high.
Although they have only scored one goal now, they already have an advantage. If the River Plate team wants to equalize or even reverse the score, they can only attack aggressively.
But the Hurricanes Athletic Team has Alan Willard, a super midfielder. Under his command, the Hurricanes' defense is now an iron wall against any team's offensive line, which is difficult to overcome.
At the same time, when the opponent tried its best to attack the Hurricanes' defense, the Hurricanes still had room to counterattack. Neither Alan Willard nor Lucas Villaruel are purely defensive midfielders now. Both of them have the role of organizing midfielders and can intercept the ball in the backcourt and pass it out. Hit the ball, start the attack.
Such a Hurricanes team really makes people scratch their heads on both offense and defense, but they can't find any way to deal with it, so they can only fight hard and try their luck.
But River Plate obviously had bad luck today.
After a 15-minute break, River Plate launched a blitz at the start of the second half, and succeeded in a good cross from the left wing by winger Gonzano Martinez in the 52nd minute.
River Plate's No. 9 center Cavinaji also successfully seized the spot on the small penalty area line. With the push from center back Eduardo Domingos behind him, he jumped up to grab the first point and made a powerful flick. He headed towards the goal and headed the ball towards the goal.
The ball was so close that goalkeeper Marcos Dias subconsciously jumped and missed the ball.
Just when Cavinagy wanted to celebrate the goal, the ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar with a "pop" and bounced to the ground in the small penalty area.
Before Cavinagy could hit the ground, he rushed over to take a shot. Goalkeeper Marcos Dias had already dived down immediately and got the ball back under his body.
The ball itself was hit on the lower edge, and when it bounced to the ground, it was no more than half a meter away from the goal line. If Cavinaghi pushes the ball down again, it will fly directly into the goal, or even if it hits the lower edge of the crossbar, it will bounce into the net.
Unfortunately, Cavianagi has missed this opportunity.
The Hurricanes Athletics, in turn, seized the opportunity.
In the 69th minute, the Hurricanes Athletic Team got a corner kick. Captain Mancinelli, who came forward to participate in the battle for the top, grabbed Toranso's corner kick at the front point, flicked his head and successfully headed the ball into the near end corner. .
Although goalkeeper Varrovero was standing in the near corner, the ball was too fast, and his saving action still could not catch up with the speed of the ball flying into the goal. In the end, he was just a hair away, and he could only watch the ball pass from his finger. It flew past the tip, then flew into the net nest against the lower edge of the beam.
"The ball is in!"
"A header from Mancinelli in the front post."
"He headed Toranso's corner into the River Plate goal."
"Hurricane Athletic leads River Plate 2-0 and seals the victory."
"With a two-goal lead, there will basically be no surprises for the Hurricanes team led by Willard."
"Ninety-nine percent of this year's Argentine Super Cup belongs to Atlético Huracán."
Trailing 0-2, and the opponent was a newly promoted team that was still playing in the Albanian League last season, River Plate was quite uncomfortable.
Therefore, after the Hurricanes finished celebrating and the game restarted, River Plate used up three substitutions and launched a desperate attack, trying to fight to the death and defeat the Hurricanes with ferocious attacks.
But unfortunately, Hurricanes Atletico also removed Nervo and Lucas Villaruel. Two new players, Santiago Echeberria and Federico Bismara, were replaced to strengthen the defense. Under the command of Alan Velarde, the defense was kept airtight and did not give any chance. No chance for River Plate.
At the same time, when they had the opportunity to counterattack, the Hurricanes Athletic Team did not hesitate to score another goal.
In the 83rd minute, after receiving the ball intercepted by Federico Bismara, Velard looked up at the frontcourt, and then made a decisive long pass, directly through the River Plate defense, and sent the ball to River Plate's half was empty due to a heavy attack.
No. 10 Alejandro Romero cut in at high speed from the left, successfully countered offside, and formed a one-on-one goal after receiving the ball from Velarde.
Although center back Maidana tried his best to defend, he still couldn't catch up with Romero's shot.
After Romero dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area, he saw goalkeeper Varovero hitting the ball far away, so he made a long-range lob more than 20 meters away from the goal.
The ball soared into the air and flew over the head of goalkeeper Varovero. Both the attacking Varovero and the returning Maidana tried their best to defend, trying to rush to the goal line to make a rescue. However, no matter how fast they ran, the ball could not fly. quick.
In the end, the ball fell into the empty goal before Varrovero and Maidana returned to defense.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball is in!"
"The game is over!"
"Alejandro Romero received Velarde's long pass from the backcourt and formed an anti-offside single shot. He scored with a lob shot from outside the penalty area."
"Atletico Hurricanes 3-0 River Plate, completely sealing the victory."
"In terms of reputation, River Plate is much bigger than the Hurricanes. But the score of this game is shocking."
“Everyone thought Hurricane Athletics would win, but they didn’t expect to win so much.”
"The score of 3-0 is a humiliating defeat for River Plate."
"But there's nothing we can do about it. The current Hurricane Athletics team is just so strong."
“The only reason, is because the Hurricanes have Alan Willard.”
"The goal Alejandro Romero scored just now was assisted by Velarde's long pass from the backcourt."
"Willard not only has strong defensive ability and backcourt commanding ability, but also contributes a lot to the Hurricanes offensively."
"Whether he scores goals or assists his teammates, Willard can perform well."
"This is a truly versatile midfield leader in attack and defense."
"If development continues at this rate, it won't be long before Willard becomes a superstar all over the world."
