Not only the spectators inside and outside the field, but also the players on both sides of the game were shocked by Willard's goal.
The Sao Paulo players looked at Velarde, who was running wildly in celebration, as if they were looking at a super forward, and it was very incredible.
Naturally, the teammates of the Hurricane Athletic Team rushed forward excitedly, pulled down Willard, pushed him to the ground and stacked him up to celebrate.
It wasn't until Willard screamed on the ground that he couldn't stand it anymore that everyone's excitement passed. They gradually stood up and then pulled Willard up.
But on the lips, everyone is still lamenting Willard’s long-distance attack:
Avila: "Villad, you are so awesome. I have never run such a long distance and scored four goals in a row. Are you the forward or am I the forward?"
Toranso: "Your skills are better than mine. I feel like my position as a midfielder is about to be taken over by you."
Alejandro Romero: "How can you, a defensive midfielder who is not doing his job, travel such a long distance and score four goals in a row?"
Mancinelli: "Villad, your ball will definitely be selected for this year's Puskas Award shortlist. When the time comes, promote it more. After all, this award is decided by fans' votes. Use your social account to promote it more , maybe if you can actually get elected, that would be awesome.”
While Verard was dealing with the congratulations and teasing from his teammates, he felt very happy.
Although he is now accustomed to playing as a defensive midfielder, the desire to shoot and score goals has never been extinguished in his heart.
Before this ball was scored, he never thought that he could score such a goal today.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly succeeded, and as the captain said, he might even win the FIFA Puskas Goal of the Year Award.
Even with Willard's mental age, it is inevitable that he will be emotionally agitated.
Willard and his teammates celebrated this goal for more than half a minute before returning to their own half and allowing their opponents to kick the ball in the circle.
After the game restarted, Sao Paulo, who was hit by Velarde's goal and doubted his life, failed to take advantage of the kick-off opportunity in the center circle to launch a threatening attack. Instead, the Hurricanes Athletic Team, whose morale was boosted after scoring the goal, turned away and took the lead. After seizing the ball, Sao Paulo counterattacked vigorously.
Velarde, in particular, was very excited. In the 39th and 42nd minutes, he took two long-range shots from outside the penalty area. Unfortunately, his shooting skills were not very stable. Once he missed the post, and once the angle was too right and was missed by the goalkeeper. Confiscated.
Despite this, two consecutive long-range shots made the Sao Paulo players and fans terrified, fearing that Willard would accidentally score another goal.
Fortunately, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, which gave Sao Paulo timely relief. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0-1. The Hurricanes relied on Willard's 35th minute pass of four consecutive players. The rushing goal temporarily led by one goal.
During the halftime break, whether teammates were in the locker room or fans were at the scene, at home, or online, they were still talking about Velarde's long-distance run, and replays of Velarde's goal were constantly being played on TV.
This goal is so entertaining that even some Sao Paulo fans believe that if Sao Paulo lost 0-1 today and only lost to Velarde's goal, it would be excusable.
After all, Velarde's goal was so awesome that Sao Paulo would not be ashamed even if they lost.
Of course, this is just what some fans think. The Sao Paulo players playing on the field don't want to lose. If they lose this home game, they will be almost doomed in the second round on the road. It will be difficult to reverse Hurricane Athletics on the road and advance to the quarterfinals.
Their goal was to win the championship, so how could they fail in the first round of the knockout round?
Therefore, after a 15-minute rest, the Sao Paulo players regrouped, adjusted their mentality, and increased their offensive intensity in the second half, hoping to score an equalizer.
But at this time, Velarde, who had just scored a wonderful goal before, stood up again and announced the existence of an iron wall in the defense of the Hurricanes Athletic Team.
No matter how Sao Paulo attacks, it is always difficult to get the ball into the Hurricanes penalty area to shoot, let alone score.
Although as the top club in the football kingdom of Brazil, Sao Paulo players are very skilled, and Velarde cannot successfully intercept the ball or intercept it 100% of the time, but even if he cannot completely stop it, he can still slow down the opponent's attack speed and then make up for his teammates. The time of assisting defense.
In the team's united defense, Sao Paulo has never been able to get any good shooting opportunities and failed to create any threatening shots.
Until the 68th minute of the second half, Pato used his personal ability to break through Lucas Villaruel and center back Nervo, and entered the penalty area to shoot.
But the moment he took off, he was pushed and interfered by Hurricanes captain Mancinelli. Although the quality of the ball he kicked was good, the angle was not tricky enough, and it was finally saved by goalkeeper Marcos Dias.
Sao Paulo missed an opportunity to equalize.
This was Pato's best shot in the game, but he still failed to break through the Hurricanes' goal.
In the following time, although Sao Paulo made substitutions one after another until they used up all the substitutions and launched a fierce attack, they failed to score even a single goal.
Of course, the Hurricanes were not very lucky. Several counterattack opportunities were wasted and they failed to score a goal to expand the score.
In the end, Atletico Hurricanes relied on Willard's long-distance run in the 35th minute of the first half to score four goals in a row. They defeated the giant Sao Paulo 1-0 in the away game and won the first round of the knockout round.
Although it was only a small victory by one goal, this was an away game. The Hurricanes not only led the total score, but also scored an away goal.
Returning to home court in the second round, even a 0-0 score would be enough for the Hurricanes to advance.
Therefore, after the game, the head coach and substitute teammates rushed into the field to celebrate. Velarde also received 1 million starting points + 1 million for 1 goal + 1 million winning awards + 500 for A-level performance Ten thousand = 8 million rich experience.
However, Velarde did not immediately celebrate with his teammates. Instead, he ran to grab the game ball and kept it for his collection.
Today's goal is really likely to win FIFA's annual Puskas Award, so this game ball must be collected. If you really win the prize, the collection value of this ball will be very high.
In addition, Pato came to see Velarde after the game to exchange jerseys, expressed his approval for his performance, and said that Velarde's stage should be in Europe. Not only are the wages for playing football in Argentina not as good as those in Europe, but the level of competition, fame, endorsement income, etc. cannot be compared with Europe, where commercial football is becoming more and more developed.
Pato hopes to see Velarde landing in Europe as soon as possible and making a splash in Europe. At the same time, he also joked that he had witnessed the magic of Cheney as a goalkeeper scoring more goals than many forwards, and he also hoped to witness Velarde win the Golden Boot Award as a defensive midfielder in the future.
Willard thanked Pato for his blessing. In fact, he was also looking forward to the day when he won the top scorer and Golden Boot award.
