Even though I gained tens of millions of experience points in one game, it was still far from being upgraded. After the game, Willard's performance in this game was unanimously recognized by the head coach, media and fans.
Although he did not directly score goals or assists, he was the starting point of many offenses, and he also played a great role in defense. Willard's physical strength and speed with his 90-inch frame allow him to cover most of the midfield.
In other games, Bolivia defeated Venezuela 4-2, Ecuador defeated Uruguay 2-1, Chile drew with Colombia 1-1, and Peru won Paraguay 1-0.
After the third round, Argentina's ranking rose one place to third, which is a good situation.
On Monday, November 16, Willard spent another 3 skill points to increase his "Inverse Foot" from 78 to 79. He was about to reach the 80 mark, with 269 skill points remaining.
The next day, at 17:30 pm on November 17, Argentina’s away game against Colombia in the fourth round of the South American World Cup preliminaries officially started at the Metropolitan Stadium of Barranquilla in Colombia’s fourth largest city.
The weather for this game was not good, with moderate rain, so the stands were not full, only about half of the seats were filled. There were fans wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas to cheer for the Colombian home team.
There are even fewer fans in Argentina, maybe less than a thousand.
But no matter how many fans there are, the game must be played.
Because the weather was bad, the field was slippery, and there were many mistakes. Both sides played more cautiously and focused on aerial attacks. However, aerial attacks have very high technical requirements for both passing players and receiving players, making it difficult to form a real threat.
After playing for half an hour, neither side could pose a threat, and neither side had a threatening shot that hit the goal frame.
However, sometimes it’s hard to tell when luck comes.
Because of the rain, more reliance was placed on aerial attacks, so Di Maria and Lavezzi changed positions. Di Maria played as a left winger, using his left foot ability to cross the ground and pass the ball in the air, allowing Higuain to He entered the penalty area and competed for the top with Velarde who was inserted in the back row.
In the 32nd minute, it was Di Maria who broke through from the left and passed the ball down. Colombian center back Murillo grabbed the landing spot in front of Higuain and tried to push out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
But I don’t know whether he didn’t jump to the predetermined height or didn’t judge the landing point in the rain. Murillo’s header was blocked. Not only did he not push it out of the penalty area, but he flew to the back row and rushed into the penalty area. In front of Willard.
The ball was very close, and the height was quite uncomfortable. The header was low, and the shot with the foot was too high. Moreover, there were Colombian defenders in the penalty area, and there was no room for Villard to offload the ball and adjust.
Therefore, Velard adjusted his body shape slightly while running, used his chest to unload the ball in front of him, and then followed closely with his body, blocking the position and preventing the opponent's defender Palacios from clearing the ball.
As the ball fell, the running Velard directly used his knee to push the ball towards the goal.
Goalkeeper Ospina swooped over with open arms and might have been able to save the ball. But the defender Palacios who was following Velard kicked Velard's leg the moment Velard kneeled the ball, causing Velard's knee to deflect the ball this time.
But the ball happened to be deflected, causing the ball to deviate from the direction that Velarde wanted to shoot. Instead, it deviated from a tricky angle, avoiding goalkeeper Ospina's flying dive, and flew in close to the right post. goal.
In the 32nd minute of the first half, Argentina opened the scoring with a lucky goal from Velarde, leading 1-0 away from home.
After the score changed, Colombia became anxious. After all, this is their home court, they want to score points, and they are only ranked fifth in the standings!
Therefore, after the game restarted, Colombia stepped up its offense and increased its intensity. However, Argentina's three midfielders are all defensive. When Willard participated in defense, he had deeper defensive skills than Mascherano and Banega.
With three defensive midfielders and four defenders, and an experienced Sergio Romero guarding the goal, Colombia's offense has been unable to pose any substantial threat. The only shot that hit the goal frame was still weak and was directly held in Romero's arms.
At the end of the first half, Argentina, playing away from home, led 1-0.
At halftime, Colombia made a substitution adjustment and strengthened its offense in the second half.
However, there were many mistakes in the ground attack and the aerial attack was not efficient. In addition to the strict defense of Velarde and his teammates, Colombia still failed to create any effective killing opportunities in the second half.
The closest Colombia came to scoring a goal was a long shot from outside the penalty area by midfielder James Rodriguez in the 72nd minute of the second half. It hit center back Otamendi's leg and almost missed the goal. Melo flew into the goal behind him.
Fortunately, Sergio Romero hadn't made a complete save yet. He raised his trailing foot upwards and just blocked the ball. Then, the defender Mori kicked him out of the sideline to clear the ball.
As for Argentina, it was possible to expand the score. In the 82nd minute, Willard was tackled while dribbling the ball and received a well-positioned free kick in the frontcourt. However, although Di Maria's direct free kick bypassed the wall and the goalkeeper's fingers, it hit the crossbar with a bang and was cleared by the Colombian defender after bouncing back.
This ball would have gone in if I just pressed down a little bit, which is a pity.
Fortunately, Colombia failed to score even a goal until the end of the game.
In the end, Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 away from home with Velarde's goal in the 32nd minute of the first half and won the fourth round of the World Cup qualifying rounds.
After being tied by Ecuador in the first round, Argentina rarely ushered in a wave of three consecutive victories, and the situation suddenly became better.
Subsequently, several other games ended one after another. Venezuela lost to Ecuador 1-3 and has not yet won a victory; Uruguay defeated Chile 3-0, Paraguay defeated Bolivia 2-1, and Brazil defeated Peru 3-0.
After playing this round of World Cup preliminaries, Argentina's record is three wins, one draw and 10 points, and its ranking has risen to second place, second only to Argentina, which also has 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses and has 10 points, but its goal difference is higher than Argentina Much of Ecuador.
Uruguay ranks third with 9 points, Chile ranks fourth with 7 points, and Brazil and Paraguay rank fifth and sixth respectively with 6 points. Colombia is seventh with 4 points, while Bolivia and Peru are ranked eighth and ninth respectively with 3 points. Venezuela has become the only team to lose all four rounds and not have a single point after the four rounds of the group stage. It ranks at the bottom and has completely become a super loser and a target for other teams to gain points.
