In addition to defense, Willard and others will naturally not forget to counterattack and strive for victory. This is not only to gain a larger points lead and strive to win the championship as early as possible, but also because the opponent is San Lorenzo, the derby rival of the Hurricanes Athletic Team. Even if the champion is not involved, the opponent must be defeated.
Naturally, San Lorenzo is not to be outdone. When the Hurricanes counterattack, if the regular defense cannot stop it, they will resort to fouls. They are mortal enemies anyway, and they don't regret it even if they hurt each other.
In the 14th minute, Alejandro Romero was tackled out of bounds by the opponent's wing-back Villalba during a counterattack with the ball from the wing.
Although Villalva was shown a yellow card by the referee, Romero was tackled and injured his heel. The skin was torn by Villalva and bled.
Fortunately, no muscles or bones were injured. After the team doctor treated it, Romero limped back to the field and continued to play.
The Hurricanes hadn't even begun to retaliate. Just a few minutes later, in the 19th minute, San Lorenzo center back Caruso swung his hand back while competing with Avila for an aerial ball and hit Avila on the lip. Avila's lips swelled up on the spot.
Caruso was also shown a yellow card by the referee, but this did not extinguish the anger of the Hurricanes players.
Although the teammates have already preset that when such a conflict occurs, Willard cannot be allowed to come forward, and others can just take revenge.
But when other teammates haven't found a suitable opportunity yet, and the opportunity has appeared in front of Villard, how could Villard let it go?
Just 4 minutes after Avila was hit with a swollen lip, in the 23rd minute, San Lorenzo wing-back Villalba, who had previously tackled Romero, was also beaten by Villa when he was dribbling the ball forward from the right. Germany made a flying tackle and even took the ball out of the boundary.
At the same time, in order to retaliate against Villalva, Velarde did not close his feet after scooping the ball first, and deliberately showed his spikes and also tackled Villalva's ankle.
Villalba couldn't avoid it and fell out of the boundary screaming.
They were originally the mortal rivals of Derby, but their opponents maliciously injured two people at their home court. The fans were already very dissatisfied.
At this time, when they saw Willard shoveling the opponent out of the boundary with the ball, they all applauded and shouted:
"nice shot!"
"Good shoveling!"
"Shovel him to death, fuck!"
"When it comes to revenge, it has to be Willard."
"This goal may not even get a yellow card."
Indeed, after the referee blew the whistle and ran over, Villard got up and spread his hands, innocently saying that he tackled the ball first, which was a very good defense, and that Villalva could not avoid it. He was brought down by himself.
Although the San Lorenzo players were very sure to tell the referee that Velarde was definitely retaliating maliciously and hurting someone with a flying tackle, and it was by no means unintentional.
The referee also knew in his heart that the goal of Velarde, who has long been notorious as a beast, definitely had an element of deliberate revenge. Under normal circumstances, even if Willard finishes tackling the ball, he still has time to stop.
But on the bright side of the ball, Velarde did make a frontal tackle. He completed the tackle defense first, and then Villalba did not dodge, and was brought down by Velarde. Even if he was injured, Willard was not to blame.
Therefore, in the end, the referee only blew the whistle for a foul on Velarde, and sentenced him for not closing his feet in time after completing the tackle and for injuring someone with a dangerous tackle, but did not give Velarde a yellow card.
Even so, the Hurricanes players still protested to the referee, feeling that Velarde's ball was not even a foul, and at most it was a foul ball for San Lorenzo. As for Villalba, who was shoveled out of bounds? It was Villalba who failed to dodge and was accidentally brought down.
The Hurricanes felt that Velarde was unjustly sentenced for a foul, but Villalba, who was shoveled off the sideline, injured his ankle and was unable to continue the game, forcing San Lorenzo to make substitutions in advance. Replaced the injured Villalva and replaced No. 27 substitute wing-back Catalan.
Once the conflict mode is on, it can't be stopped, and the Hurricanes' revenge won't stop just because Velarde takes Villalva down. Of course, San Lorenzo will also not stop committing flagrant fouls.
In the 33rd minute, Avila met Caruso again. When the two were fighting for a chance to get the ball, they refused to give in and collided hard.
The result was naturally that Avila, who had an amazing physique, won. Caruso was knocked out by Avila this time, and when Caruso hit him, he intentionally hit Caruso's stomach with his elbow, knocking Caruso out. He fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
Avila was also shown a yellow card by the referee.
The flagrant fouls on both sides never stopped and continued until the end of the first half. In the entire 45 minutes of the first half, Atletico Hurricanes received two yellow cards, San Lorenzo received three yellow cards, and one person was injured and went off the field. As for the number of fouls called by the referee, they were countless.
As the first half ended, the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0-0. Neither side scored a goal, but neither the fans at the scene nor the viewers in front of the TV felt that the game was boring. The flagrant fouls that went back and forth between the two sides were truly worthy of being a city derby between mortal enemies.
But overall, the Hurricane Athletics team has the upper hand. After all, the Hurricanes are composed of two strong men, Velarde and Avila, who have a physique of over 90. Velarde also has superior consciousness, speed, and reaction, and often hides his retaliation in the reasonableness of the fight. If he injures someone, he will not be punished by the referee. At most, it will only be a verbal warning, asking him to restrain his movements.
After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half.
After calming down at halftime, San Lorenzo has woken up. Their purpose is not to fight with Hurricanes, but to score goals and win. Otherwise, in a bloody battle with the Hurricanes, even if the Hurricanes did not score in the end, the Hurricanes were already ten points ahead of San Lorenzo, so ending in a draw would undoubtedly be extremely beneficial to the Hurricanes.
Therefore, San Lorenzo restrained themselves in the second half and focused mainly on offense.
But the Hurricanes Athletic Team would not let their rivals attack in peace, because the conflict in the first half was caused by the opponent's active flagrant foul. Now if you want to stop, I will stop?
Therefore, in the process of San Lorenzo's offense, they continued to receive frequent flagrant fouls from the Hurricanes Athletic Team.
In the 56th minute, San Lorenzo forward Matos dribbled the ball through Federico Bismara and was about to break into the penalty area to shoot. Central defender Nervo rushed from the side and stole the ball. He missed the ball but stepped on it. On Matos' feet.
It is undoubtedly very painful to step on the instep of a sneaker with spikes. It is also a stepping action with bright spikes that is expressly prohibited in the rules of football.
Nervo was shown a yellow card for this, but Matos was stepped on and fell to the ground, holding his feet and screaming in pain for a long time. The team doctor came in and rubbed him for a long time, sprayed him with some medicine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and was helped to the field. Bian took a breather for two or three minutes before reentering the field to continue the game.
