Returning to the league with a 3-0 victory, everyone in the Hurricanes Athletic Team is in a good mood.
On July 19, in the 17th round of the A-League, Atletico Hurricanes challenged San Juan Martin away.
San Juan Martin is currently ranked 17th in the A-League, ranking in the middle of the 30 teams, with average strength. However, in order to prepare for the next away game against Asunción Guaraní, the Hurricanes also made a certain degree of rotation in this game.
But as long as Villard is on the court, the Hurricanes' victory is guaranteed. Not only because of his defensive commanding ability, but also his offensive ability.
In the 27th minute, Willard assisted Fabianesi and scored from the far corner from the left side of the penalty area. The Hurricanes led 1-0 away from home.
In the 59th minute of the second half, Velarde received a cross from the right from his friend Dalia and scored with a header from the center, extending the score to 2-0.
Although San Juan Martin pulled a goal back before the end of the game, the Hurricanes finally took away the three points with a score of 2-1 on the road. Willard, on the other hand, was elected the best player of the match with every pass and shot.
In terms of points, the Hurricanes Athletic Team continues to top the standings with an impressive record of 16 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss, accumulating 48 points. It is already more than 10 points ahead of the second place. The hope of the league championship is getting bigger and bigger. .
The day after the game, Monday, Willard spent another 12 skill points, increasing his shooting/passing from 89 to 90, and his reverse foot from 62 to 63, leaving 306 skill points remaining.
At this point, Velarde's eight skills of defense, physique, awareness, speed, heading, technique, shooting, and passing have all reached the upper limit of 90 in the A-League attributes.
All attributes are 90, and there are no shortcomings. In terms of overall strength, Willard is already the top player in football.
Such a comprehensive ability allows Velarde to play a greater role in the game than Messi and Ronaldo, because he is positioned as a defensive midfielder, and he is versatile in offense and defense, has no physical weaknesses, is fast enough, and can Determine in time whether to plug in or fall back on defense.
This kind of ability is really unprecedented in football, and can only be achieved by system plug-ins.
With a strong strength of 90 in all attributes, on July 22, Velarde followed the Hurricanes Athletic Team to challenge Asunción Guaraní away from home.
This is the second leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final between the two sides.
In the first round of the match between the two sides, Atletico Hurricanes played at home and beat Asunción Guaraní 3-0, half a foot into the final.
But as the saying goes, a person who travels a hundred miles is half a mile, and there are many examples in the history of football where a team won 3-0 in the first round of a knockout round, only to be overturned by the opponent in the second round.
The most famous one is AC Milan. In the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the 2003/2004 season, AC Milan won 4-1 at home in the first leg. In the second leg, they went away, but were reversed 4-0 by Deportivo La Coruña. This was an achievement. He gave the opponent the nickname Super Depor.
Therefore, Mario Binco still sent out all the main players for the second round of the away game against Guaraní in Asunción.
After the game started, Asunción Guaraní, who was three goals behind in the total score, used a three-forward lineup to attack wildly, trying to score goals as soon as possible and turn the tables.
But the Hurricanes' defense is too stable.
Velarde has no shortcomings in physical fitness, physique, jumping, heading, technique, speed, or awareness. Not only does there not be any threat that the ball can pass through his defense zone, he can also direct his teammates and secure the team's defense. Solid.
Even if it is an away game, Guarani's condition is not as good as the home game, but if it is just defensive, Guarani's offense will still be difficult to achieve results.
Throughout the first half, Asunción Guarani completed 6 shots, but under the strict defense of Velarde and his teammates, only 1 hit the goal frame, and it was directly confiscated by goalkeeper Marcos Dias.
The two sides fought to a 0-0 tie in the first half.
After 15 minutes of intermission, the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half. Asunción Guaraní, who was still three goals behind, had less and less hope. Therefore, not only the midfield and frontcourt, but also the back line were heavily involved in the attack, trying to make the final move. Give it a try.
The home team's crazy attack finally paid off in the 58th minute.
Asunción Guarani took a free kick in the frontcourt, and No. 10 Jorge Mendoza hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Forward Nestor Camacho grabbed the first point and succeeded with a header. , headed the ball into the Hurricanes goal.
Asunción Guaraní finally scored, bringing the total score to 1-3, only two goals behind. Although there was only a little more than half an hour left before the end of the game, the hope was greatly increased from being three goals behind to two goals behind. Therefore, Asunción Guaraní attacked more resolutely and moved forward more courageously.
However, Guarani Asuncion's backcourt, which was heavily pressing forward, was really empty. Although the overall state of the Hurricanes Athletic Team in the away game was average, and the score lead was too large and the game lacked motivation, they still seized the opportunity in the 77th minute.
In the 77th minute, Asunción Guaraní No. 10 midfielder Jorge Mendoza was about to pass the ball to his teammate. Under the threat of Velarde's pressing, he made a mistake and passed the ball crookedly.
Federico Bismara grabbed the ball in time, intercepted the ball, and then passed it to Alejandro Romero who was advancing from the wing for a quick counterattack.
Toranso, Turaza, and Avila all fired three arrows. In the end, Toranso separated the sides. Turaza passed the ball in an inverted triangle from the right. Toranso and Avila rushed into the penalty area and attracted Asunción Guara. With Nigeria's only remaining defender, Alejandro Romero received Turaza's inverted triangle pass at the penalty area line and pushed the ball steadily into the home team's goal.
This ball completely killed all the suspense of the game.
Because of Romero's goal, it not only rewritten the total score to 4-1, helping the Hurricanes regain a huge advantage of three goals in the total score, but also helped the Hurricanes win the away goal advantage.
After Guaraní in Asunción did not score any away goals in the first round, now the Hurricanes have scored away goals at the opponent's home court. Even if there is only one goal, it is a huge advantage.
This means that even if Asunción Guarani scores three goals in the last ten minutes to tie the total score at 4-4, they will still be eliminated due to the disadvantage of fewer away goals. Only by scoring four goals in a row and requiring the Hurricanes to score no more goals, Asunción Guaraní reversed the total score to 5-4, could advance to the final.
But this is simply impossible, not to mention whether Asuncion Guarani can score four goals in ten minutes. Even if there is such a miracle, it must be the result of the whole team pressing forward to attack, and their defense must be more open, making it easier for the Hurricanes to counterattack.
It was completely impossible to not allow the Hurricanes to score another goal when they scored four goals in a row.
What's more, the Hurricanes Athletic Team also has Velarde, a top defensive midfielder, who is guarding his teammates tightly. How could Asunción Guaraní score four goals in a row?
Therefore, Romero's goal can be said to have completely killed all the suspense of the game.
After Romero scored this goal, all the faith supporting Guaraní's comeback in Asuncion collapsed. Most of the players on the home team have given up and given up hope of a comeback. Even if a few players persist, it will not affect the overall situation.
In the end, the rest of the game ran out of time as the Hurricanes made three consecutive substitutions and used up all substitutions. After the referee blew the final whistle, the Hurricanes won 3-0 in the first round and 3-0 in the second round. They defeated Paraguay's Asuncion Guaraní with a total score of 1-1 and 4-1 in two rounds, advancing to the finals of the 2015 South American Copa Libertadores and having the opportunity to compete for the final championship.
