Just three days after finishing the league match with Defenders, the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-finals will come. Atletico Hurricanes will face Asunción Guaraní from Paraguay's Primera Division at home.
The media, fans, and even the Hurricanes themselves are very worried about the state of the league, which only narrowly defeated the Defenders 1-0.
You know, Atlético Huracán is now the only Argentine team left in the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, shouldering the important task of bringing glory to Argentina.
But this 1-0 narrow victory over the defender left everyone with little confidence.
Some Argentinian media pointedly pointed out in the preview of the game:
"Willard was clearly affected by playing in the Copa America."
"Not only was his physical fitness and energy exhausted, but also the celebration after winning the championship and the contract extension with the club, which all involved a lot of Willard's energy."
"Although he can still show good physical fitness, defensive ability, and technical and tactical standards on the court, he cannot be compared with Velarde, who won three individual awards in the America's Cup: top scorer, top assist, and best player."
"Generally speaking, Velarde is not excited enough, which is why it is so difficult for the Hurricanes to play defenders."
"Now that they are facing a more intense Copa Libertadores semi-final opponent, whether the Hurricanes can win against them is a big question mark."
It has to be said that the specialized media are quite accurate in seeing the problem. Velarde did consume too much energy in the America's Cup. After all, his physique has not reached 100, only 90. He plays almost every game and attacks in addition to defense. He has won the honors of assists king and scorer king, which shows how hard he works.
Naturally, this is also because the experience of the America's Cup is very high.
When returning to the league, on the one hand, too much energy was consumed by the America's Cup and contract renewal, and on the other hand, because of his low league experience, Velarde could not cheer up. Although he ran and fought hard throughout the game and finally received an A-level rating from the system, perhaps Velarde himself did not realize that his emphasis on the league was already very weak.
Starting and scoring goals only have 100,000 experience. For Velarde, who now needs 700 million experience to upgrade, this experience is too little and a drop in the bucket. Therefore, it is no wonder that he subconsciously did not pay attention to the league.
However, this problem no longer exists. On the one hand, after the media pointed out this issue, Willard also realized this. On the other hand, the South American Libertadores Cup is different from the league and is much more important. It also involves his girlfriend, prospective father-in-law Henderson, etc. Naturally, Willard will no longer relax when it comes to people's gambling issues.
In addition, the coaching staff also specially reminded everyone on the team during the training, asking everyone to be serious and not to think that they are still on vacation and have to play games, watch videos, and sleep in.
The players also know that the next game is the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores. The Hurricanes, who play home first and then away, and are at a disadvantage in the schedule, absolutely cannot afford to lose. Therefore, everyone has mentioned the importance of this game as a top priority. Bonny Fashaw, Dalia and others also began to continue training with Velarde to restore their condition and physical fitness as soon as possible to prepare for this game. game.
On Monday, July 13, Willard spent another 12 skill points, increasing shooting/passing from 88 to 89, and increasing reverse footing from 61 to 62, leaving 318 skill points remaining.
The strength has improved again, and Willard's team is more certain to win the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-finals.
The next day, at 21:00 on the evening of July 14, the first leg of the 2015 Copa Libertadores semi-final between Argentina's Atlético Huracán and Paraguay's Asunción Guarani officially started at the Tomas Duke Stadium.
The weather in this game was relatively poor, with light rain and a slippery field, so Gerardo Martino replaced the usual starter Lucas Villaruel and replaced him with Federico Bismara. , allowing Velard to move forward more and participate in the attack, using his long-range shooting and header ability to help the Hurricanes score goals.
You know, Velarde is the assist leader and scorer leader in the America's Cup. If Velarde's offensive ability is not used more, it will be a waste.
Facts have proved that Martino's tactical arrangement was appropriate.
Although the slippery ground limited the foot skills of Velarde, Romero, Toranso, Turaza and others, the aerial aerial advantage formed by Velarde's forward penetration completely suppressed Guaraní of Asunción. defense line.
Velarde's strongest strength now is his overall ability. There may be many people who surpass him in a single attribute, but all skills such as physique, jumping, heading, speed, running, agility, reaction, vision, etc. have reached the dimension of 90. Ladd's comprehensive ability is probably the best in the world, let alone South America.
Taking Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as an example, their overall abilities may only be around 92 or 93. Ronaldo’s jumping, Messi’s dribbling and other individual strengths will reach 95, 96, or even 97 or 98, but Vera’s overall abilities De Que is no longer far away from the peerless two prides.
In particular, Willard's position is quite advantageous, as he plays as a defensive midfielder. In the defensive midfielder position, his skills are faced with forwards, midfielders and other opponent's midfielders with low defensive abilities. This further expands his technical advantage and no one can control it.
Otherwise, he would not have won the assists, top scorers, and best players in the America's Cup. Even if there is an accidental luck factor, it fully illustrates Velarde's strength.
Although Asunción Guaraní on the opposite side knew the threat of Velarde, their defenders could not ignore Avila, Romero, Toranso, Turaza and others in the frontcourt to closely mark Velarde. . Therefore, Villard can only be restricted by midfielders and frontcourt players who lack defensive abilities.
For Willard, whose physique, speed, awareness, and technique have all improved to 90, this will basically have little effect unless a few people surround him.
As a result, in this game where Velard went all out, Asunción Guarani was simply unable to withstand the attack of the Atletico Hurricanes led by Velarde.
Only 4 minutes into the game, Velarde first used a Messi-style Matthews pass to break through Asunción Guarani's attacking midfielder Correa, and then walked the ball forward for a certain distance before being intercepted again. The ball was passed to Alejandro Romero who ran out of space on the wing.
Romero and Toranso made a collision with the wall, passed the opponent's full-back Filippini, and then made a pass from the left.
At this time, Velarde had already rushed into the penalty area with unparalleled speed, jumped high, just grabbed the first point, and beat the opponent's center back Julio Cáceres with a powerful header. Attacked the goal and headed the ball into the goal.
