Although the Hurricanes continued the physical collision strategy with San Lorenzo, they did not forget to attack. When the opportunity comes, the Hurricanes will fight back.
In the 68th minute, the Hurricanes got a good chance to counterattack in the frontcourt. After San Lorenzo's attack was blocked, they passed the ball backwards, but were defeated by Velarde, Toranso, Romero, and Turaza. Several people pressed forward together, forcing midfielder Ortigosa to pass the ball to center back Yepez. There was a passing error, and Avila, who was wandering between the midfielder and the back line, intercepted the ball halfway. .
Although Avila had his back to the attacking direction when he intercepted the ball, and Yepez was behind him to counterattack, Avila still made an unexpected heel knock on the ball, knocking the ball past the left side of Yepez's body, and himself He turned around and bypassed the opponent, passed around the right side of Yepes' body, and completed a breakthrough in which he turned his back and knocked the ball with his heel. The commentators and fans cheered.
However, after completing the pass, Avila did not directly form a one-on-one goal, because another central defender Caruso blocked Avila's inward cutting route, forcing Avila who was dribbling the ball to the left. road. At the same time, the chasing full-back Bufalini is also getting closer, preparing to join forces with Caruso to intercept the ball from Avila's feet.
Just when Avila was confronting Caruso and dribbling the ball forward, but was unable to cut in and approach the center for a shot, a teammate's voice came from behind: "Avila, pass the ball!"
It's Willard.
With a speed of up to 90, Velarde ran all the way, overtaking the attacking midfielder Toranso, who was originally more forward, and overtaking the San Lorenzo defensive midfielder and others who were returning to defense, and rushed to Avila and Kalu. The side and rear of the rope.
But there was no one in front of him.
Avila received the order and without hesitation swept the ball with his left foot while running, passing the ball diagonally to the neutral area at the top of the arc in the penalty area in the middle.
Although Caruso, who was stuck inside his body, heard Villard's shout and fell to the ground decisively to intercept Avila's pass, he was still one step slower than Avila.
The ball rolled past the toes of Caruso, who was sliding to the ground, and into the large gap in the middle.
Although there are San Lorenzo defenders in the middle chasing desperately without the ball, how can they keep up with Velarde who is sprinting without the ball?
Velarde received the ball from Avila at the top of the penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Torico, he made a decisive shot and took the ball over Torico's head and flew into the empty goal.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"Alan Willard!"
"Villade helped Huracán Atlético break the deadlock and lead archrival San Lorenzo 1-0!"
"Willard has made a great contribution!"
"Assist from Avila."
"Atletico Hurricanes forced San Lorenzo's defense to counter-attack in the frontcourt and made a passing error when turning back. Avila successfully intercepted the ball and completed a wonderful back-to-back knock-down pass. man, and then passed the ball to Velarde who came in from the back row to complete the goal."
"The Hurricanes lead 1-0 and have the opportunity to win. For the Hurricanes with Willard, as long as the score leads, it will be difficult for the opponent to reverse it."
"Villade not only scores goals, his job is as a defensive midfielder, and he is a very versatile defensive midfielder with excellent physique, physical fitness, jumping, heading, technology, defense, and awareness."
"Coupled with the excellent commanding ability in the backcourt, it will be very difficult for any opponent to equalize or even reverse the Hurricanes Athletics when the score is behind."
Not only the commentators but the fans know this too. Therefore, when Willard scored, the tens of thousands of home Hurricanes fans in the stands suddenly burst into ecstatic cheers. As long as the Hurricanes score the first goal and take the lead, more than 80% of this game is guaranteed.
Sure enough, after the game restarted, San Lorenzo, which had to win to narrow the point difference, was forced to increase its offensive intensity, and under the pressure of the Hurricanes, it also increased its fouling efforts.
However, when the time came to the 74th minute, San Lorenzo striker Courteluccio's ball was intercepted by Velarde. He controlled the ball and performed a Xavi-style 360° turn to get rid of Courtelucci's counterattack. At this moment, the impatient Courteluccio made a flying shovel from behind Velarde. But instead of tackling the ball, he tackled Willard.
This time, even Willard was caught off guard and was shoveled to the ground.
Fortunately, the two were fighting close to each other rather than sprinting from a distance, and Villard himself was not injured. But Velarde did not get up calmly. Instead, he covered his foot that was shoveled by Courtelucci, lay on the ground and grinned in pain, telling the referee that he was "seriously injured."
I don’t know whether it was Willard’s performance that conquered the referee, or the referee himself wanted to punish Courteruccio severely.
The referee who ran over with the whistle did not hesitate at all and showed a red card to Courteluccio who was tackling someone from behind.
Courteluccio was dumbfounded and quickly begged the referee for mercy, indicating that he didn't do it on purpose and that he didn't use much force. But how can the penalty that the referee has already made be easily taken back?
In the end, Courteluccio was expelled from the court by the referee.
This time, San Lorenzo only had 10 players left to fight, and the Hurricanes Athletics had a greater advantage. Moreover, San Lorenzo was still facing the embarrassing situation of being behind in the score, and was forced to remove a defensive midfielder and replace it with a forward to strengthen the offense.
As a result, this left San Lorenzo's backcourt even more empty.
In the 87th minute, San Lorenzo failed to attack and was counterattacked by Hurricanes Athletics. Finally, midfielder Toranso completed a long shot from outside the penalty area. Unfortunately, the angle was not tricky enough, and goalkeeper Torico reached it and used his hand to clear the baseline.
But the Hurricanes also got a corner kick opportunity. Alan Velarde's eyes lit up, and while running towards the San Lorenzo penalty area, he greeted Eduardo Domingos, Nervo and other central players in the backcourt. The defenders stepped forward together to participate in a header challenge.
It was during this corner kick attack that center back Eduardo Domingos jumped high in the penalty area to grab the first point, and made a powerful header into the goal of San Lorenzo. goal.
The Hurricanes Athletic Team expanded the score and sealed the victory 2-0. The entire Duke Thomas Stadium became a sea of cheering fans of the Hurricanes.
In the remaining minutes, although San Lorenzo desperately counterattacked and tried to perform a miracle, the Hurricanes, under the command of Velarde, firmly defended the defense, making every attack of San Lorenzo in vain.
Even in the 92nd minute of stoppage time, after the anxious San Lorenzo forward Matos missed his shot in the penalty area, he blamed the defender Balbi who was following him closely to interfere with him, turned around and pushed him hard. Balbi gave it a try.
Balby was also very "cooperative" and immediately screamed and fell to the ground, clutching his chest, which almost caused a fight between players from both sides.
Naturally, Matos was directly ejected by the referee with a red card. San Lorenzo was left with only 9 men to fight, and there was not much game time left. Naturally, it was even more impossible to make a comeback.
In the end, San Lorenzo, with only 9 men left to fight, failed to score even a single goal. Atletico Hurricanes defeated their archrival San Lorenzo 2-0 at home and won the 24th round of the league.
San Lorenzo's points gap was once again widened by Hurricanes Athletics.
Although Boca Juniors also won this round, surpassing San Lorenzo and rising to second place, the points gap ahead of the second place has increased from 10 points to 11 points.
With only 6 rounds left in the league, Hurricanes' lead in second place has increased to 11 points instead of falling. The possibility of Hurricanes winning the A-League championship this season is getting higher and higher. .
In fact, because there are no strong opponents in the future and the schedule is not tight, it can be said that the Hurricane Athletic Team has already won the championship 100%. However, there is still the theoretical possibility of losing points in a losing streak and reversing the opponent's winning streak.
Therefore, after the game, both players and fans celebrated for a long time in the stadium and cheered heartily. This victory basically means that the Hurricanes have won the A-League championship this season. Atletico Hurricanes are on the verge of winning the 2015 A-League and Copa Libertadores double, marking the most glorious peak season in the club's history.
