On August 10, Willard spent another 2 skill points to increase "Inverse Foot" from 65 to 66, leaving 302 skill points left.
Then, the Hurricanes Athletic Team began to gather their minds and prepare for the league with all their strength.
Now the Hurricanes have won the Copa Libertadores and have been eliminated from the Argentine Cup, leaving only the A-League. In the league, they are 8 points ahead of the second place, and the situation is excellent. Therefore, Mario Binco asked everyone to put away the excitement of winning the Libertadores Cup and devote all their efforts to the league. They must not let the Ajax champions fall by the wayside when the situation is so good.
When the time comes, holding the AFC Champions League and Copa Libertadores double crown will bring a lot of benefits to everyone in the team. Whether he stays in the team and renews his contract or transfers to another club, his income will definitely rise sharply.
The Hurricanes players also cherish the current opportunity, because everyone knows that after this season, 99% of Willard will transfer to Europe. At that time, I am afraid it will be difficult to encounter such an opportunity to compete for the double crown and succeed.
Therefore, everyone was obedient, gathered their minds, and went all out to prepare for the next league game.
On August 15, the league resumed, and the Hurricanes challenged New Chicago away from home in the 20th round of the league.
New Chicago is currently ranked last, with 8 draws and 11 losses without a win in the first 19 league rounds. It is a standard team with a weak belly and a relegation.
But Mario Binco did not underestimate the enemy. After all, in the second half of the season, the harder the relegation team became, the harder it was to beat. What's more, the Hurricanes have just finished the Copa Libertadores final, won the championship, had a crazy celebration, and had a few days off. It's hard to say what the players' current status is. What's more, it's an away game.
And with only league tasks, the Hurricanes' subsequent schedule is very easy, basically one game a week.
Therefore, Mario Binco sent out all the main players and went all out to challenge the new Chicago team away.
Facts have proved that Mario Binco's decision was not wrong. New Chicago, which was at the bottom of the points, really showed a desperate spirit in this game, while the Hurricanes, who had just finished the Copa Libertadores final and won the championship, celebrated wildly. It is indeed in poor condition.
In just the 5th minute of the opening, New Chicago had a good attack. Winger Folado Delaford hoisted the ball into the Hurricanes' penalty area. Center backer Nervo failed to reach it due to interference from the opponent's forward. The ball fell into the penalty area and caused chaos.
In the chaos, the ball fell in front of new Chicago forward Mauricio Carrasco. Carrasco, with his quick eyes and quick feet, stabbed the ball into the Hurricanes goal.
So, the football is round.
Atletico Hurricanes, which had dominated both the league and the Copa Libertadores, was faced with a penultimate team that had not won a single victory all season, but was scored in the first 5 minutes.
Although there is an element of luck, which ball on the football field does not have an element of luck? They scored a goal and took the lead. This is a fact. The referee will not cancel the opponent's goal just because you have bad luck.
The home fans in the stands were extremely excited. Because the Hurricanes are not ordinary opponents, they are not only first in the league, but also just won the Copa Libertadores.
Facing such a strong opponent, the New Chicago fans, who had not won a single game all season, thought this game would be another disastrous defeat. They only looked at the issue of losing a few goals.
Unexpectedly, it was their own team that scored in the first 5 minutes, giving them a surprise.
Those who can still come to watch the game at this level are definitely die-hard fans. Therefore, this goal also gave everyone hope.
The fans applauded enthusiastically in the stands, and the new Chicago players in the stadium also had high morale. After the game restarted, they fought frantically and attacked aggressively, trying to build on their efforts and take advantage of the Hurricanes' overall poor state to score again.
Seeing that something was wrong, Velarde quickly asked Romero, Toranso, and Turaza in the frontcourt to retreat significantly to participate in the defense. Even Avila sometimes retreated outside the penalty area to participate in the press.
After all, New Chicago's strength was limited. After all members of the Hurricane Athletics team retreated and began to use their numerical advantage to start setting up their buses, New Chicago's offense was unable to penetrate. The long shot, the technique is not up to standard; the bottom pass, the two forwards are not tall, it is difficult to compete with the tall defenders of the Hurricanes in the penalty area.
The previous goal was that the Hurricanes failed to push the ball out, and it fell in the penalty area. It was grabbed by the new Chicago forward Luck and stabbed into the goal.
If you want to score a header against the Hurricanes, let alone the two forwards in New Chicago who are only about 170cm tall, it will be difficult for those 180cm forwards.
After stabilizing the defense and playing for more than half an hour, the Hurricane Athletic Team has basically entered the state.
When he got the ball, he started to try to counterattack quickly.
After several failed attempts, in the 36th minute of the first half, the Hurricanes finally advanced through the pass and cut of Velarde, Alejandro Romero, and Toranso from the left, and Tu Lhasa and Avila were involved in their movements in the penalty area. In the end, Velarde broke through from the left and passed the ball in an inverted triangle. Toranso met the ball near the penalty spot of the penalty area and kicked the ball. Entered the gates of New Chicago and evened the score.
The first half ended with a score of 1-1.
After a 15-minute break, New Chicago repeated its old tricks and launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the second half, trying to take advantage of the fact that the Hurricanes were away from home and slow to enter the game as they did in the first half.
But the Hurricanes had already conceded a goal in the first half, and naturally they would not be scored like this again in the second half.
The Hurricanes maintained their intensive defensive strategy in the first half, relied on their numerical advantage to withstand New Chicago's opening three attacks in the second half, and used time to drain the physical fitness, confidence, and morale of New Chicago's players.
As time passed, after more than 20 minutes of attack, the New Chicago players failed to score and had to slow down their attack. After all, they also need to rest.
But at this time, the Hurricanes' attack came.
Under Velarde's organization and dispatch, the Hurricanes broke through New Chicago's defense in the 81st minute. Finally, Alejandro Romero passed the ball diagonally into the penalty area, assisting Avila to score and score. The reversal was 2-1.
In the last ten minutes, New Chicago launched a ferocious counterattack in an attempt to equalize the score, but the Hurricanes resumed intensive defense and withstood the opponent's crazy counterattack.
In the end, after the referee blew the final whistle, the Hurricanes reversed New Chicago 2-1 away from home and won the 20th round of the league.
Although the second-placed San Lorenzo and the third-placed Boca Juniors also won this round, the Hurricanes Athletic Team, which also reversed and won, still leads San Lorenzo by a full 8 points.
As the remaining rounds of the league decrease, the Hurricanes' lead will become larger and larger, and the probability of winning will become higher and higher.
