After reluctantly bidding farewell to his teammates and coaches, Velarde left the Hurricanes and reported to the national team to prepare for the FIFA World Cup preliminaries on match day.
On November 9, Willard spent another 3 skill points to increase "Inverse Foot" from 77 to 78, leaving 272 skill points left.
On November 13, in the third round of the World Cup preliminaries, Argentina sat at home and faced a strong challenge from its archrival Brazil.
There is no doubt that this is Argentina's biggest enemy in South America. This South American derby is also the most influential dialogue in the world on this FIFA match day. This game was broadcast live on TV stations not only in South America, but also in many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
As the season progresses and the intensity of the competition increases, more and more players are injured in the club. Not only Messi and Aguero are injured, but Pastore and Zabaleta are also injured. Can participate in this FIFA match day competition.
The main attacking midfielder Pastore was absent, so Gerardo Martino simply sent out a 433 formation, with Velard as the central midfielder, taking on the important task of switching offense and defense.
Argentina's starting goalkeeper in this game is No. 1 Sergio Romero, and the back line from left to right is No. 16 Rojo, No. 13 Mori, No. 17 Otamendi, No. 3 Roncaglia, center From left to right on the field are No. 19 Banega, No. 6 Alan Velarde, and No. 14 Mascherano. The forwards are No. 22 Lavezzi, No. 9 Higuain, and No. 10 Di Maria.
Willard booked the national team number No. 6 with the coaching staff in advance. In the Chinese mind, No. 6 means "smooth", and the number is also suitable for the midfielder. As a superstar who has entered the 23-man Ballon d'Or roster, Velarde has gradually gained some say in the Argentina team, and this requirement can still be met.
As long as Willard doesn't collapse, the national team's No. 6 jersey will gradually be fixed to him, just like No. 10 is to Messi. As long as Messi participates in the national team training, the No. 10 jersey will not be lost, it must belong to Messi.
However, this time because Messi did not participate in the training camp, the No. 10 jersey was given to Di Maria.
Since the Brazilian team was playing away from home, they did not dare to be as unrestrained as Argentina. They played a 4231 formation. The goalkeeper was No. 23 Alisson Becker, and the defenders were No. 16 Felipe, No. 4 David Luiz, and No. 3 Miranda. , No. 15 Alves, No. 8 Elias, and No. 17 Gustavo partner as double midfielders, No. 10 Neymar serves as the left midfielder, No. 19 William serves as the right midfielder, and the attacking midfielder is No. 20 Lucas Leigh Ma, No. 9 Ricardo Oliveira serves as the lone forward.
Except for a limited number of people such as Neymar, David Luiz, and Gustavo, Velarde has never heard of the names of many people in the Brazilian team. It has to be said that the Brazilian team also has a serious shortage of talents. It is completely incomparable with the superstar lineup composed of Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Lucio, Cafu and others when they won the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002. No wonder they were beaten 7-1 by the German team in last year's World Cup semifinals.
Of course, Argentina is not having a good time now. Although they just won the America's Cup, the problem of infighting in the locker room has not improved. Instead, it has become more obvious because of Messi's injury. In the first two rounds, they only achieved one win and one draw, ranking fourth in the world qualifying standings. .
This powerful dialogue between Argentina and Brazil is also a test of the recent status of the South American enemies to see who is in better shape.
Among them, it can be seen from Argentina's formation that Alan Velarde has received great trust from head coach Gerardo Martino. This game is also a great test for him.
He not only has to complete the defensive tasks in the midfield, but also takes on the important task of organizing offense as a central midfielder. The task is quite heavy. In sports battles, he needs to cover a wide area from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area.
If he can adapt to this, Willard's main position, status and qualifications in the national team will surely be more solid.
At 21:00 on the evening of November 13, with the whistle of referee Arias, the third round of the Russian World Cup South American Qualifiers between Argentina and Brazil officially began.
After a few minutes of testing, Argentina began to press forward and take the initiative to attack. After all, this is their home court, and the results in the first two rounds were not ideal. If we can win this game against our arch-rival Brazil, it will also relieve the pressure on the media and fans.
To this end, the players temporarily put aside their factional differences and strengthened their offensive coordination on the court in order to tear down the Brazilian team's defense.
In this process, Velarde, as the central midfielder, played a huge linking role.
In the 11th minute, Villard took the ball in the midfield and made a wall-to-wall coordination with Banega, then broke through the interception of Brazilian midfielder Gustavo, and then made a diagonal pass to the central defender Miranda and sent the ball to the big goal. In the gap of the right foot in the penalty area.
Di Maria made a diagonal pass at high speed, rushed into the gap and got a chance to shoot. He shot in an arc and kicked the ball to the far corner of the goal.
Unfortunately, the opponent's defender approached and interfered with the shot, and the ball could not be played perfectly. The ball eventually missed the far post and flew out of the baseline.
Although the ball did not go in, some Argentinian fans in the stands still applauded the ball and Di Maria also gave Velard a thumbs up to indicate that he passed the ball well.
In the 17th minute, the Brazilian team got the ball and counterattacked. Velarde defended Neymar alone, but was deceived by an unexpected spike and was passed by Neymar.
Neymar is known as the last samba dancer, and his skills are indeed impressive. Velarde's defensive ability is only 90 and he cannot successfully defend every time.
Fortunately, the Brazilian team did not take advantage of Neymar's breakthrough. Forward Ricardo Oliveira also kicked the ball passed by Neymar after breaking through Velarde and missed the post and failed to hit the goal frame.
In the 24th minute, Neymar made a comeback and tried to pass Willard with a rainbow dribble, but failed. Velarde's super-fast reaction and speed of turning back to defend prevented Neymar's rainbow pass from being successful. The ball was finally tipped to his teammate by Velarde, and Neymar was knocked down by Velarde.
However, Neymar did not stay on the ground and ask the referee for a free kick, causing Velarde to take a high look. It seems that Neymar is not completely prone to falling down at the first touch, or turning over ten or eight times as soon as he falls.
It wasn't until the 27th minute that Argentina made a very threatening shot. Di Maria broke through from the right and then cut inside and passed the ball in an inverted triangle. Higuain volleyed the ball from the penalty spot in the penalty area and hit the goal. Great angles and power.
However, Brazil's goalkeeper Alisson Becker made a world-class save, diving into the ball with a very quick subconscious reaction, and pushed the ball outward. Then, the ball changed its line and hit the far post and bounced into the penalty area. Defender Miranda kicked him out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
Higuain, who thought the goal was a success, was quite disappointed, and his teammates and fans were also disappointed. They could only blame the opponent's goalkeeper for his outstanding performance this time.
