Velarde helped Argentina score and after taking the lead, everyone thought the game was about to go Argentina's way. After all, the strength of the two sides is very different.
However, what happened next proved that football is indeed round.
In the 71st minute, Ecuador first counterattacked and Argentine defender Garay broke the ball out of the baseline and formed a corner kick. Then, in the corner kick duel, Ecuadorian center back Erasso, who stepped forward to participate in the duel, grabbed the first point and headed the ball into the Argentine goal.
After Ecuador celebrated the goal, the game restarted. Before Argentina could wake up from the accident of equalizing the score, Argentina unexpectedly lost the ball just after taking the ball from the center circle. Pastore was about to pass it to Dima on the wing. Leah's ball was deflected and was intercepted by Ecuador forward Bolaños.
Then, Ecuador counterattacked on the spot, and finally a pass from winger Antonio Valencia caused chaos in the penalty area. Although forward Felipe Caicedo failed to grab the first point, he did not allow the Argentine defenders to successfully clear the ball. Otamendi tried to clear the ball with a big foot but missed it. The ball just fell to the sprinter after completing the pass. In front of Bolaños who entered the penalty area.
Naturally, Bolaños was not polite and volleyed the ball into the goal. Goalkeeper Sergio Romero was blocked from view by players on both sides of the penalty area and was unable to react immediately. In the end, he could only watch as the ball flew past him and into the goal.
At this time, not even a minute has passed since the last goal, including the celebration time.
"Wow, the ball went in again!"
"Ecuador scores again!"
"With two goals in one minute, Ecuador directly reversed the score 2-1."
"Argentina is behind."
"Oh my God, it's unbelievable. Argentina, without Messi, seems to have no direction in the game. It was actually overtaken by Ecuador at its home court, at the Monument Stadium."
Not to mention other people, even Willard was a little stunned when he saw this situation. Both the Argentinian fans at the scene and in front of the TV were stunned and silent. Only a very small number of Ecuadorian fans were left cheering and shouting in celebration in a corner of the stands.
Probably they themselves never thought that their team could reverse a world-class giant like Argentina in an away game. Even if the game is not over yet, the current real-time score alone is enough to make them excited.
The same goes for the Ecuadorian players in the stadium. After scoring the goal, Bolaños' head was suddenly filled with blood. He rushed to the sidelines and took off his shirt to celebrate, completely forgetting that he would get a yellow card if he took off his shirt to celebrate. Or, you know in your heart that you are going to get cheated, but you can’t help but take off your clothes to celebrate and vent.
The goal just now was directly related to the full-back Zabaleta. I don’t know if it was because Zabaleta was in poor condition or because he underestimated his opponent. When Antonio Valencia made a pass from the wing, Zabaleta did not defend well. Very determined.
If Zabaleta shoves the ball away with a foul, Antonio Valencia will not be able to pass the ball into the penalty area, nor will he be able to cause chaos in the penalty area, let alone give Bolaños a chance to volley. .
But it was too late to say anything. As a well-known world-class defender, Zabaleta failed in this defense, and the Argentine national team, which had just won the America's Cup, also lost face.
Needless to say, after the game restarted, all the stars in Argentina were stimulated. The formation pressed forward sharply and attacked wildly. Even the two full-backs and midfielder Mascherano were pushed outside the opponent's penalty area.
Seeing this, Willard stopped following him to join in the fun. It's not that he doesn't want to score goals, but because he is not qualified enough to order his big brothers, he can only defend the defense by himself to avoid being counterattacked by his opponents.
In the 79th minute, Argentina, which was helpless against Ecuador's big iron barrel formation, actually made a frontcourt error and was intercepted by Ecuador for a quick counterattack.
Fortunately, Velard's prediction was accurate. Although Ecuador avoided him by passing the ball, Velard chased back at high speed and cleanly scooped the ball from Felipe Caicedo's feet from the side.
Although Velarde tackled the ball and brought down Felipe Caicedo, the referee did not think Velarde had committed a foul and did not blow the whistle.
Velarde completed an excellent defensive tackle, destroying Ecuador's quick counterattack that was very likely to pose a threat.
With Velarde, Otamendi, and Garay staying in the backcourt, Ecuador, which has poor offensive power, still has a low chance of effective counterattack.
Although the teammates in the frontcourt failed to score a direct goal, they finally created a corner kick through Di Maria's long shot in the 87th minute.
When he saw a corner kick opportunity, Velarde was not polite and stepped forward to participate in the aerial challenge. When passing by Mascherano, he asked him to stay in the backcourt to prevent the opponent's counterattack. He and Otamendi were the same height. Taller players with better headers enter the penalty area to fight for the top.
Mascherano, who is only 174cm tall, did not forcefully participate in the fight for the top. He nodded, agreed, and let Velarde fight for the top. He stayed outside the penalty area to prevent the opponent's counterattack.
Subsequently, Di Maria took a corner kick and flew close to Velarde.
Although the penalty area was crowded with players from both sides, and there were three Ecuadorian players double-teaming Velarde. However, Velarde relied on his strong physique and ability to grab points. He squeezed out of the way of the Ecuadorian defender Achelier, then jumped up suddenly, grabbed the landing point over the head of another defender Erasso, and hit the goal with a flick of his head. , headed the ball into the Ecuador goal.
The distance was too close and goalkeeper Alexander Domingos had no choice but to watch the ball go into the net.
Alan Velarde scored twice to help Argentina level the score at 2-2.
The Argentine fans at the scene and in front of the TV could finally applaud enthusiastically to celebrate. Although the score has not been reversed yet, it is better to equalize when falling behind than to lose. Therefore, it is still worth celebrating.
But Velarde, who scored the goal, did not celebrate. Instead, he ran into the goal after landing, picked up the ball and ran to the center circle. He simply high-fived his teammates along the way and then put the ball in the center circle to signal. The opponent quickly kicked off, and he wanted to reverse the score.
Unfortunately, there was too little time left for him and Argentina.
A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. The new Copa America champions were tied 2-2 by Ecuador at their home court. Like the Brazilian team, it was an upset.
Fortunately, the Brazilian team lost, and Argentina at least gained a point. If Velarde hadn't scored twice as the savior, the Pampas Eagles would have even started the game badly and couldn't score a single point.
