Following Di Maria's pass and Velarde's shot, the Argentine commentators excitedly shouted:
"Inverted triangle pass!"
"Willard!"
"Shoot!!!"
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"World wave!"
"Villad hit a heavy shot from outside the top of the penalty area and opened the door to Uruguay!"
"Messi, Aguero, and Pastore's movements in the opponent's penalty area attracted most of Uruguay's defensive attention, ignoring the sudden insertion of Alan Velarde in the back row, allowing He received Di Maria's pass and finished the shot without any interference."
"Willard's shooting skills are as good as any forward's."
"This shot is a good proof of Velarde's shooting skills."
"Coupled with the shooting power brought by his strong physique, it is no wonder that he can hit this world wave."
"Argentina leads 1-0 and has the opportunity to win."
Argentinian fans at the scene and in front of the TV applauded and cheered.
Krisina, Alyssa, Bertha, Desia, Douglas Johnson, Simpson Henderson, Conrad Buzzell, Harry Ralph, Motley Gadot, Jeremiah Montellillo, George Quinna, Nel Jonas, Delia Camilla, Hanson Nano, Luo Yuanwu, etc., as well as teammates from the Hurricanes Athletic Team, also Applause for Velarde's first Copa America goal.
This goal is so beautiful, and it is also the opening goal. Of course it deserves everyone's congratulations.
Velarde was also very excited. While running towards the area where Argentine fans gathered on the sidelines, he did two front flips to celebrate, causing the Argentine fans in the stands to cheer even louder.
Later, teammates gathered around, hugged Velarde to celebrate, and congratulated Velarde for scoring his first goal in this America's Cup.
On the sidelines, Argentina coach Gerardo Martino and his assistant Pence Felix also hugged each other excitedly and patted each other on the shoulders in celebration.
With Argentina's lineup, if they don't win the championship, they will fail. They are really under a lot of pressure.
After Villard completed the defensive task well as a substitute in the last game, he scored his first goal in this starting game, which proves that Villard is in good condition and is even getting better. There is no second goal. The problem of being unable to adapt to playing in an international competition at once.
This gave Martino and Felix a lot more confidence in Argentina winning the championship.
Argentina does not lack superstars, but it really lacks a super midfielder with all-around offense and defense like Velarde.
Messi, Di Maria, and Aguero are very strong, but they are only good at offense.
Mascherano, Otamendi, and Zabaleta are also very strong, but they are only good at defense.
Moreover, these superstars usually have heavy club responsibilities and have to fly thousands of miles and long distances to participate in national team games. They have huge physical and energy deficiencies. When it comes to competitions, they feel weak and lack of fighting spirit. Coupled with the struggles of the Football Association, there are many factions in the team and it is impossible to unite. Therefore, the national team has not won an international championship for more than 20 years, which is seriously inconsistent with Argentina's international reputation.
Before recruiting Velarde into the team, Martino was also worried about Argentina's journey to this America's Cup.
But now Martino is more confident.
However, the emergence of Velarde has made up for the weakest shortcoming of the Argentine national team. Especially the attack power, with the blessing of Willard, it will definitely be able to release stronger power.
The next game confirmed Martino's suspicion.
Although Willard is called a defensive midfielder, with the protection of his partner Mascherano, he can attack forward more and assume the role of organizing midfielder or even central midfielder.
And his skills are even better than those of attacking midfielder Javier Pastore, and he can provide more assistance to Messi, Di Maria and Aguero.
Even if several players lose the ball in the frontcourt, Willard can immediately counterattack. Even if you can't grab the ball, you can slow down your opponent's attack and buy time for your teammates to return to defense.
In the 41st minute, Velarde took the ball in the midfield and used an unexpected Marseille spin to break through Uruguayan midfielder Arevalo. He passed the ball diagonally and sent the ball to Messi on the wing.
Although Uruguay had strictly defended Messi, Messi's shoulder-sinking style of Matthews passed through two people in a row, and then cut inside to the front of the penalty area and shot a curling shot. Shot and went straight to the far corner.
Goalkeeper Muslera had already surrendered, but unfortunately Messi's ball was a little bit inaccurate, and finally missed the far post and flew out of the baseline.
Although the ball did not go in, Velarde's pass was still recognized by Messi.
In the 44th minute, Di Maria tried to pass the ball from the left, but the opponent saw through the intention and intercepted the ball with a flying tackle without fouling.
After getting the ball, Uruguay immediately launched a quick counterattack, preparing to attack the hinterland of Argentina. But Willard made up the position in time and blocked the opponent's path.
Uruguayan full-back Diego Roland, who broke through with the ball, tried to deceive Verard with a cow's tail flick. However, his fake move could not be as good as Ronaldinho's, and he could not deceive Verard with the fake move. De, was easily seen through by Willard, and he poked the ball away with one stretch of his foot.
Uruguay's quick counterattack came to an abrupt end and was blocked by Velarde.
This is the role of Velarde in the midfield. He can greatly improve Argentina's strength on both offense and defense.
Soon, the first half ended and the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0. Argentina temporarily took the lead by one goal thanks to Velarde's heavy bombardment in the 36th minute.
At halftime, Gerardo Martino praised Velarde's performance in the first half and asked everyone to give Velarde more ball rights in the second half and let him organize the offense.
It's not that Messi is distrusted, but that Messi's physical fitness is not enough to shoulder more organizational tasks.
Messi's physical fitness is not good, but everyone still takes the ball and shoves it at his feet. Moreover, his opponents have already taken him extremely seriously. As long as Messi gets the ball, he usually has to face at least two or three people and as many as four or five people.
In this case, giving the ball more to Velarde to organize will actually not only release Velarde's forward offensive ability, but also catch the opponent off guard.
When opponents focus on marking Messi, Argentina has completed a change in offensive focus.
And once the opponent reacts, tightens the pressure on Velarde and relaxes the marking of Messi, Messi can use his deft movement without the ball to find gaps, and then wait for the pass from Velarde and others. Then take the ball to break through and attack.
This method of tactics is obviously much more flexible than Argentina's previous practice of pinning all its hopes on Messi and shoving the ball at his feet, and it is also more difficult for opponents to guard against.
After this period of training and competition, everyone has a better understanding of Velarde's technical abilities. They know that although Velarde's skills are not as good as Messi's, they are better than most players in the team. .
Moreover, the opponents he faces in the midfield and backfield are not as strong defensively as those faced by Messi. With Velarde's skills, it is really possible to break the situation and bring different changes to Argentina's offense. .
Everyone nodded to show their understanding and looked forward to the second half of the game.
