In the stadium, after the game restarted, his teammates also gave Velard more rights to the ball. The ball just now also made everyone trust Velarde more and be more willing to give him the ball to organize.
But Willard is not a stickler for the ball. Although he has good skills, he is not 100% able to control the ball. Therefore, when he has a bad chance and his teammates have a good chance, he will immediately pass the ball out.
This creates a situation where Velarde and Toranso are the core organizers, with Fabianesi and Turaza assisting from the side, and Lucas Villaruel at the back also has certain organizational skills to assist.
Although it was the first time for such a Hurricane Athletic team to use this tactic, its offensive power was really off the charts. And Rafaelna, who encountered this kind of Hurricane Athletic team for the first time, unfortunately became the victim of the Hurricane Athletic team. .
Less than ten minutes before the first goal, in the 32nd minute, Willard took the ball on the right side of the midfield and attracted two midfielders from Rafael.
He did not stick to the ball and try to go one-two, but immediately passed the ball diagonally to Toranso in the middle, and then used his speed of up to 90 without the ball to overtake from the outside and advance along the wing.
Toranso passed the ball over again, was received by Velarde, and then advanced along the wing at high speed.
This was a hit-and-miss fit.
Then Velarde encountered an interception by Rafael and full-back Eluchance. Velarde tried to pass the ball to Tulasa, who deceived Eluchance to move his center of gravity one step inward and suddenly passed the ball. He headed toward the baseline, and then used his speed and physique to force his way past.
Although Eluchance didn't react slowly and immediately turned around to entangle Velarde, Velarde's size and speed were too fast. In the end, Eluchance was thrown away by Velarde and caught up with the ball. Then he made a pass about seven or eight meters away from the baseline.
Eluchans even tried to pull Willard down in the end, but failed to pull him down. This shows how strong the inertia of Willard's physique is under high-speed sprinting.
When Willard passed the ball into the penalty area, Avila used his strong physique to occupy the landing spot.
Just when Avila jumped up to fight for the top and swing his head to attack the goal, center back Lille, who saw something bad on his side, pushed Avila hard, who had already taken off and was in the air. Without any point of strength, Avila naturally flew sideways out of the air, and then fell from the air screaming.
Although center back Lille, who pushed away Avila, successfully grabbed the spot and pushed the ball out of the penalty area to clear the ball, the referee's whistle sounded.
Lille was shown a yellow card by the referee for pushing down Avila in the penalty area and awarded a penalty kick.
Although Lille tried to argue to the referee that he did not use too much strength and that Avila was diving, the referee did not listen and insisted on his decision.
Avila scored in one stroke and easily put the ball into the goal, helping the Hurricanes expand the score to 2-0. At the same time, he also scored twice.
Avila, who scored the goal, was very excited. He rushed out of the penalty area and hugged Velard, who had just made the pass to create this opportunity.
Later, other teammates also ran over to celebrate with Avila and Velarde.
After the score became 2-0, the situation was already extremely favorable to the Hurricanes Athletic Team. Therefore, in the following time, the Hurricane Athletic Team slowed down its offensive, recuperated its energy, prepared for the next game, attracted the opponent to attack, and then launched a counterattack.
Rafael is ranked third from the bottom in the standings. Of course, they really want to score goals, equalize the score, and gain points. If you attack, you may not be able to equalize; but if you don't attack, you will definitely not be able to equalize.
Therefore, even if he knew that the Hurricanes were planning to counterattack, Rafaelna still had to press forward and take the initiative to strengthen the attack.
And Velarde, although he had retreated to the midfielder line, and together with Lucas Villaruel, intercepted Rafaelna's attack. But once he gets the ball and gets an offensive opportunity, Velard will not waste the opportunity easily.
After all, 2-0 is not a sure thing. If we can score one or two more goals, it will be more stable.
Under Velarde's sweep and command, Rafaelna's offense did not achieve any results. In the entire first half, there was only one shot that hit the goal frame in the 38th minute, but the angle was too right and was blocked by the goalkeeper. Cos Dias easily resolved.
The Hurricanes Athletics seized the opportunity before the end of the first half.
In the 44th minute, Velarde forced Rafael forward Depetris who was holding the ball, forcing Depetris to make a passing error. Center back Eduardo Domingos intercepted the ball halfway and immediately passed the ball. To Fabianesi on the wing.
The Hurricanes counterattacked quickly, with Fabianesi, Toranso, and Avila's trident passing and cutting through Rafaelna's defense. Finally, Toranso switched to the wing and cut inside. Passing the ball from an inverted triangle, Fabianesi made a gesture to shoot the ball near the penalty spot in the penalty area, but it was a false shot that actually missed. While knocking down Rafael in the penalty area with the defender and goalkeeper, he also knocked the ball away. It just missed to Lucas Villaruel who was inserted in the back row.
Lucas did not expect Fabianesi to miss such a goal, so the shot was hasty. Fortunately, Rafael's goalkeeper Conde has been knocked down by Fabianesi, and the other defenders have not yet returned to defend. Therefore, although Lucas's shot is of average quality, it is still a steal after all. It rolled into the goal before goalkeeper Conde made a belated save.
Hurricane Athletics expanded the score to 3-0, basically killing the suspense of the game. The Hurricanes fans at the scene and in front of the TV were already celebrating as if they had won the game.
During the halftime break, head coach Mario Binco also made substitution adjustments and withdrew Toranso, Avila, and Eduardo Domingos to rest and prepare for the next game.
Of course, when making substitutions, Mario Binco also warned everyone not to let down their guard in the second half of the game. After all, they had just experienced a thrilling Copa Libertadores quarter-finals and were almost defeated by River Plate.
Therefore, although substitutions were made during the halftime break, the Hurricanes still had to go all out in the second half and must not relax at all, nor give their opponents any chance to see a comeback.
Under the reminder of the head coach, after the start of the second half, although the Hurricane Athletic team made substitution adjustments, the intensity was still quite high regardless of offense and defense, so Rafaelna could not find any chance and was still unable to score a goal.
The Hurricanes Athletics scored again in the 65th and 79th minutes of the second half with substitute forward Ivan Boglo and captain Mancinelli respectively.
In the end, the Hurricanes beat La Ferna 5-0 at home and continued to top the standings.
As for Velarde, although he did not have direct data on goals or assists in this game, he launched attacks many times and made threatening passes. It is obvious to all that the improvement of the Hurricanes' overall offensive ability has been improved.
In addition, he did not neglect his own defensive work. In the end, although he had no offensive data, he was still selected as the best player on the spot.
Not only in terms of ability, Willard's position and positioning in the Hurricanes Athletic Team is no longer a pure defensive midfielder, but a super midfielder covering the entire midfield and capable of both offense and defense.
This kind of positioning is destined not only for the Hurricanes, but also for the Argentine national team. Even if Velarde joins the Argentine national team, he will not be a simple marginal or substitute player. He will definitely be entrusted with important tasks by Gerardo Martino.
It’s just that we don’t know how Martino will arrange his troops, but in any case, there is a high probability that Willard will have a place in the main lineup.
