As Maxi Rodriguez scored with a volley, the more than 10,000 Newell's Old Boys home fans who were originally not in high spirits suddenly jumped up with excitement, applauded and cheered wildly.
Some die-hard home fans applauded and cheered:
"nice shot!"
"Good shot!"
"We're ahead!"
"I'll let you get carried away. You must be dumbfounded now!"
"Haha, I still want to receive the award at our home stadium, it's a dream!"
The commentators also said unexpectedly:
"The ball went in."
"The deadlock has been broken."
"But the goal was not scored by Hurricanes Athletic, who were aiming to win the title, but by Newell's Old Boys."
"Originally, looking at the defensive lineup sent by Newell's Old Boys, we all thought that the home team had nothing to do but defend!"
"Unexpectedly, seeing that the away team Hurricanes were in trouble, Newell's Old Boys instead attacked and opened the scoring with Maxi Rodriguez's experienced running and shooting."
"Newell's Old Boys leads Hurricanes Athletic 1-0."
"In the other stadium, Boca Juniors still leads Cruzeiro Norte 1-0."
"If the Hurricane Athletics cannot win this game, even if it is just a draw, they will not be able to win the championship in advance and hold the award ceremony in advance. It will undoubtedly be a very heavy blow to everyone in the Hurricane Athletics."
"We came with high expectations. If we can't go home with the championship trophy in the end, the tens of thousands of Hurricanes fans in the stands who traveled with the team to the away game will probably be very disappointed."
In the stadium, when he saw his opponent score a goal and his team was lagging behind, Federico Bismara, who had just been escaped by the opponent's central midfielder Mugni with a fried meatball and then completed the pass and assisted, gave himself a slap on the head. , looking quite annoyed.
With the benefit of hindsight, if Bismara had dared to commit a tactical foul just now, Mugni would not have been able to escape, let alone deliver this wonderful pass to assist Maxi Rodriguez in the penalty area, tearing apart the Hurricanes' defense. The volley scored.
That was why Bismala was so upset.
Velarde also realized the problems he and his teammates had. After stepping forward to comfort Bismara, he immediately called out his midfield and frontcourt teammates Romero, Toranso, Turaza, Avila and others. Withdraw, forget about attacking for now, shrink the defense first and stabilize the position.
"Don't panic, everyone, take it back first and stabilize your defense."
"Whether we win this game or not, we have no problem winning the championship."
"If you don't win this round, go to the next round. If you don't win the next round, go to the next round."
"There is no problem winning the championship. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
“It doesn’t have to be a win in this game.”
Under Willard's call, after the game restarted, the Hurricane Athletics team shrunk their formation significantly and adopted an intensive defense method to stabilize their position first.
Newell's Old Boys itself played a defensive game, only sending one forward to play, and with the assists of two or three midfielders, it was naturally difficult to break in against the intensive defense of the Hurricanes Athletic Team.
When making crosses from the wing, forward Maxi Rodriguez is only 173cm tall and cannot compete for the top. He can only get opportunities during counterattacks.
Now that the Hurricanes have significantly reduced their formation under the command of Willard to defend, Newell's Old Boys naturally has nothing to do.
Moreover, after experiencing the blow of losing the ball and falling behind, the Hurricanes players no longer thought about winning and winning the championship. They gradually integrated their thoughts into it through running, fighting, passing and receiving, etc. In this game, they gradually stabilized their position.
But this is not enough. If the Hurricane Athletics wants to win the championship and award the award immediately after this game, they must win. Now they are 0-1 behind and need to score at least two goals in a row to come back and win without allowing their opponents to score again.
To this end, Velarde has increased his running range, on the one hand to strengthen his defensive contribution, and on the other hand, when he gets the ball, he boldly jumps in to participate in the offense. Anyway, the opponent only has one forward. As long as their own side plays normally, it will be difficult for Newell's Old Boys to break through the Hurricanes' defense even if they counterattack.
After experiencing several unsuccessful counterattacks, the time came to the 43rd minute. When the first half was about to end, Newell's Old Boys' offense once again came to nothing and was interrupted by captain Mancinelli on the wing. Down and then passed to Federico Bismara.
Velarde immediately threw away the opponent's players, ran out of the gap, received Bismara's pass, and then faced the counterattack of Newell's Old Boys center midfielder Denis Rodriguez. Velarde did not pass the ball out, but made a fake move of shaking the cow's tail and broke through Denis in an instant.
Although Denis immediately turned around and chased after him, Willard's strong physique blocked him behind him and used his speed to gradually get rid of him.
Denis couldn't even slow down Willard's speed by pulling and pulling.
Subsequently, facing the interception of midfielder Villalba, Velarde did not force a breakthrough, but passed the ball to Alejandro Romero who was connecting from the side, and then bypassed Villalva himself. Watt, and shook off Denis behind him, rushing into Newell's Old Boys' half.
Velarde, Romero, Toranso, and Avila all started running, firing four arrows together. Through constant passing and cutting cooperation, they finally produced a normal passing and cutting cooperation, tearing apart Newell's Old Boys. Line of defense.
To be able to top the AFC Champions League standings and win the Copa Libertadores, there is no problem with the hard power of the Hurricanes Atletico team. Before, everyone was just caught up in the nervousness or excitement of winning the championship, and their thoughts went astray, and there were problems with their on-the-spot state. , only to be unable to attack and defend, Newell's Old Boys took the opportunity to score a goal.
Now everyone is fully focused on this game and no longer thinks about winning the championship. Finally, they have performed at a normal offensive level.
More importantly, Willard also participated in this attack.
The last pass was when Avila was closely pressed by the opponent's center back Marcos Cáceres in the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Toranso with his back to the goal, Avila made a pass to Velarde. A good shot.
Velarde stepped in from the back row, rushed to the penalty area line, met Avila's back-hand knock on the ball, and violently volleyed without stopping the ball, hitting the goal with a powerful and heavy shot.
The ball flew towards the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball. Defender Marcos Cáceres, who was closely marking Avila, tried to fly to block the hole of the gun, but did not touch the ball.
Goalkeeper Wensayin made a flying save, but missed the ball by a hair.
The ball avoided goalkeeper Wen Sain's fingers and flew into the goal as countless Hurricanes fans watched on the scene and in front of the TV.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"Willard!!!"
"It's Alan Willard again!"
"Willard scored for the fifth consecutive game and helped Hurricanes level the score."
"At the end of the first half, Willard helped Hurricanes equalize the score 1-1."
"It was a crucial goal."
"It can help the Hurricanes Athletics stabilize their position and regain their confidence."
"Now both sides are back on the same starting line."
"As the champion of the Copa Libertadores and the top team in the AFC Champions League, there is no doubt about the overall strength of the Atletico Hurricanes team led by Alan Willard."
"As long as the Hurricanes play normally, there is a high probability that they can win this game."
