After watching the Champions League final and seeing Messi win the Triple Crown, everyone was in a good mood. The team is going to have a party to celebrate the Hurricanes' half-time championship, and then have the day off.
But Velard obviously ran out of time. He had to go home and pack his bags to prepare for reporting to the national team.
The sisters also took a vacation and went to Chile with Velarde to watch the America's Cup, cheer for their boyfriend on the spot, and travel a bit. Of course, it is inevitable to place a bet on Argentina winning the Copa America.
However, Argentina itself is one of the favorites to win the championship, and the odds of winning the championship are not high. Each person only bought a few thousand yuan for their own sake.
On June 7, Villard and his girlfriends boarded a plane to Chile.
Having missed the opportunity to train and charter a flight, Velarde naturally had to fly by himself, so there was no charter flight treatment. On the plane, he met many fans who had left for Chile in advance, and they all asked Velarde for autographs and photos. And cheer him on, hoping that Velarde can help Argentina win the America's Cup.
After arriving in Chile, Velarde went to the national team station to report, while his girlfriends began traveling under the protection of bodyguards to experience the mountains and rivers of Chile.
The Argentinian team breathed a sigh of relief with the arrival of Velarde. After all, Velarde has now become a general that Argentina has high hopes for.
That night, the friendly match between Argentina and Bolivia ended at 5-0. Argentina beat their opponents with a big score and showed amazing offensive power. Among them, Aguero scored a hat trick and Di Maria scored twice, both of which are exciting.
However, it was just reported that Velarde, Messi, Mascherano and others sat on the bench and did not play the whole game.
On Monday, June 8th, Willard added the remaining 6 skill points to "Shoot" and "Backfoot" respectively, increasing the shot from 83 to 84, and the backfoot from 56 to 57. The skills Point balance is reset to zero.
Next, comes the actual daily training.
The daily training experience of the national team is very high, including 100,000 for basic training, 200,000 for serious training, 300,000 for additional training, and 500,000 for scientific additional training.
As for Velarde, in order to complete the upgrade before the official start of the America's Cup group stage, he naturally chose to practice additionally and consulted the coaching staff to conduct additional training targeted at his position and tasks in the national team. Therefore, he has 500,000 experience income.
After three days of serious training, before going to bed at night on June 10, Willard gained the daily training experience of the day. After settlement, the total experience reached level 33, 70.39 million/70 million, and was automatically upgraded to level 34, 390,000/80 million. , and finally received an upgrade reward of 40 skill points.
Willard immediately spent 5 skill points to increase the "passing" that he had not been able to add on Monday from 83 to 84, leaving 35 skill points left.
After completing the upgrade and adding points, Willard’s skill attributes will change to:
Host: Alan Willard
Nationality: Argentina
Club: Hurricanes Athletics
Birthday: May 19, 1993
Height: 186cm
Weight: 86kg
Level: 34
Experience: 390,000/80 million
Skill points: 35
Defense: 90
Physique: 90
Awareness: 90
Speed: 90
Header: 90
Technology: 90
Shots: 84
Passes: 84
Inverse foot: 57
Goalkeeping: 24
…
With a bunch of 90 skills, plus shooting and passing, both added to 84, Velarde is confident that he will shine in this America's Cup.
In the following days, Willard continued to train seriously, hoping to impress the coaching staff and give him a chance to play.
Unfortunately, in the starting lineup for the first group match announced on June 12, Javier Mascherano started in the defensive midfielder position, and Velarde could only sit on the bench and wait for his opportunity.
In Gerardo Martino's mind, perhaps Mascherano has more experience in competitions. To be on the safe side, it would be safer to send Mascherano as the starter in the first group match.
Also on June 12th, the 2015 Copa America in Chile officially opened. Chile, the host of Group A, defeated Bolivia 2-0 with a penalty kick from midfielder Vidal and a goal from forward Eduardo Vargas, winning the title of host nation. A good start.
Subsequently, in the second group match of the first round of Group A, Mexico and Bolivia tied 0-0, which was a minor upset.
The next day, June 13, it was Argentina's turn to start Group B, but the first game was not Argentina, but Uruguay and Jamaica.
With Suarez suspended for a biting incident at the 2014 World Cup, Uruguay finally narrowly defeated Jamaica 1-0 with No. 7 winger Christian Rodriguez's goal in the 52nd minute and got three points.
This time, the pressure is on Argentina and Paraguay.
At 17:30 pm on June 13, with the whistle of referee Vilmar Roldan, the second match of the first round of Group B of the 2015 America's Cup between Argentina and Paraguay took place in the central Chilean city of La Serre. It officially begins at the Portada Stadium in Nadir.
The stadium seats only over 18,000 people, so even though this game was not a match for the host nation, it was still full. In addition to fans from Argentina and Paraguay who came from afar, many local Chilean fans also flocked to the stadium just to watch the performances of superstars such as Messi, Di Maria, and Aguero.
Before Argentina and Chile met, they were still willing to support Messi.
Argentina's performance was also pretty good. Aguero opened the scoring in the 29th minute, and Messi scored a penalty kick in the 36th minute. They easily led 2-0 in the first half.
During the halftime break, some Argentine fans were already discussing how many goals the national football team could win in this game.
Just when everyone thought that Argentina, with its strong troops, would score one or two more goals in the second half and beat Paraguay, they did not expect that Argentina's weak foot problem reappeared in the competition.
In the second half, Argentina was kicked wildly by the opponent's tough press and crazy counterattack. In the 60th minute, Paraguay's No. 18 winger Nelson Valdez pulled a goal back, rewriting the score to 2. -1.
Paraguay was only one goal behind.
At this moment, the situation suddenly became extremely dangerous.
With only one goal difference in the score, the score could be rewritten at any time. The faces of the Argentinian fans both at the scene and in front of the TV became ugly.
Can't we really have that bloody drama where the lead is reversed again?
The head coach Gerardo Martino on the sidelines is also quite anxious. Now he has two options before him: one is to send in offensive players to strengthen the offense and gain a greater lead; the other is to send in defensive players , strengthen defense and defend the 1-goal score advantage.
And looking at Paraguay, which was boosted by the retaliation of a goal and was attacking wildly, Gerardo Martino finally decided to avoid its edge and replaced him with Alan Velarde, whom he had high hopes for. Instead of removing Mascherano, he removed the left wing back No. 19 Banega, allowing Velard and Mascherano to partner as a double midfielder. Messi retreated to serve as the attacking midfielder, and Di Maria retreated. As the left midfielder, Aguero served as the lone forward and changed to the 4231 defensive counterattack formation.
