Willard's success in the title challenge made many Liverpool fans shine and have more confidence in Willard.
However, what happened next surprised everyone even more.
After passing the ball to Emre Can, Velarde did not stay in the backcourt, but landed and immediately moved forward to participate in the counterattack.
Midway through, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Velard used a personal ball to break through the attacking Hammers midfielder Kouyate, and then passed the ball to Coutinho who ran out of the gap.
Whether it is the timing, movement, speed of forward penetration, or the passing and receiving skills and accuracy, Velarde has shown an extremely high level.
If Coutinho's diagonal pass into the penalty area hadn't been kicked by Benteke and missed the post, Liverpool might have scored in this counterattack.
"good chance!"
"Bentke grabs the chance to shoot!"
"Oh, the ball missed the baseline, what a pity! Coutinho's pass bounced on the ground, which caused Benteke to miss the right spot and kicked the ball."
"Otherwise, the goal would have probably gone in."
"West Ham United's opening attack not only failed to score a goal, but almost conceded the goal. The key turning point was the aerial duel where Willard jumped higher than Carroll and successfully competed for the top."
"Then Velarde's decisive forward penetration, passing and receiving, passing, etc. all showed a very high level. It seems that he did not encounter the problem that ordinary South American players have difficulty adapting to when they first enter the European arena."
"Whether it's offensive or defensive, Velarde can participate well in it, and it also shows Velarde's excellent physical fitness."
"Let us continue to see what changes Willard, who spent 50 million US dollars to bring in, can bring to Liverpool."
The game continued, and West Ham United took a goal kick and continued their onslaught.
They thought that Willard's top performance was just an example, but the next game proved that Willard's defensive ability is really strong.
In fact, the pace of Premier League games is faster than that of Argentina. If he really transfers on the first day and starts the game the next day, Velard may have difficulty adapting.
Fortunately, Willard joined Liverpool's training a few days in advance, and his awareness has reached 90, and he has balanced abilities in all aspects with no shortcomings. Therefore, he quickly adapted to it, and today's game was no joke.
Not only that, but Velarde also showed stronger dominance on the court with his improved strength.
In the 7th minute, Enna Valencia, an old acquaintance from Ecuador, took the ball and tried to knock down Velarde on his bicycle. As a result, Velarde made a decisive tackle and scooped the ball away cleanly.
Even Enna Valencia, who was brought down, turned over and got up from the ground, without any intention of trying to appeal to the referee and call Velarde a foul.
In the 10th minute, West Ham United avoided the center, tried to penetrate Liverpool's defense from the right, and made a pass.
As a result, Willard appeared on the wing again. After the Hammers winger Lanzini broke through the full-back Alberto Moreno, Willard got stuck in the inside and finally tried to make an emergency stop. When his rhythm changed, he got rid of Velarde and made a cross, but Velarde saw through his intention and intercepted the ball again.
Within ten minutes of his debut, Willard completed a successful aerial challenge, a successful steal, and a tackle.
The defensive performance was quite amazing, and he also contributed a lot in the counterattack in the 3rd minute, but in the end his teammates did not score.
Others noticed that Willard's defense in the 10th minute actually moved to the wing, entangled with Lanzini until near the bottom line, and then waited for an opportunity to steal the ball successfully.
This is a position that Villard rarely appeared in before.
Of course, it’s not that it hasn’t happened at all, but after all, it’s relatively rare and remains to be seen.
Then, in the 17th minute, those who were interested noticed again that Velarde and winger Firmino completed a switch, suddenly diagonally inserted into the baseline on the right, completed a cross switch with Firmino and hit the wall, then came down. The pass was passed and the ball was lifted into the penalty area.
Moreover, Willard's cross was also quite accurate. Unfortunately, center Benteke was interfered by the opponent's defender when he was fighting for the top, and the ball went slightly over the crossbar.
As the game progressed, everyone gradually discovered that Willard was not fixed at the central midfielder position like the 433 formation announced in the starting lineup before the game.
Not to mention the positions of defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder, and wing-back, Velarde can play at center back, full back, center forward, winger, full midfielder, sweeper, etc. He may appear in all positions. Where can he be? He's there wherever you need him.
Although this caused confusion in the positions of some other Liverpool players, Willard's super awareness allowed him to judge where he should appear, and then prevent the opponent's offense to the greatest extent, or enhance the efficiency of his own offense. .
"This? Is he a free man?" A very small number of sensitive fans, commentators, reporters, coaches and other professionals had such conjectures in their minds.
The free agent relies heavily on the player's personal ability, and has very high requirements on the free agent's physical fitness, speed, consciousness, defense, physique, technology, jumping, heading, etc.
And it just so happens that Willard is such an all-around hexagonal warrior with 8 skills reaching 91 and an inverse foot reaching 85.
His physical fitness ensures that he can continuously run back and forth, covering the entire field; his physical fitness ensures his ability to collide with opponents, so that he will not be unable to adapt to the Premier League's confrontation style or even get injured; his awareness allows him to judge what he should do in the shortest possible time. ; Speed allows him to get to where he needs to be in the shortest time; defense, heading, technique, shooting, passing, etc., allow him to make the right moves in the right place.
Under such circumstances, West Ham United played at home for half an hour and failed to score even a single goal. They even had only two shots in total. There was only one threatening shot that hit the goal frame.
On the contrary, Liverpool, playing away from home, surrendered 6 shots and 2 hits within half an hour. It's a pity that I was a bit unlucky and couldn't score a goal.
But as time went by, after West Ham United's offensive slowed down, Liverpool, which had already entered the game, increased its offensive intensity.
Klopp's team is not a defensive counterattack. Now that his opponent has softened, he will take advantage of his illness and kill him.
Then, everyone saw that Willard took on the heavy responsibility of Liverpool's midfield organization, leading Liverpool's other players except for the two central defenders to launch wave after wave of attacks against the Hammers at home against West Ham United. Strong offensive.
Although not every offensive can result in a shot or a goal, just this wave of offensive attacks is unbearable for West Ham United.
Because even if Liverpool's attack fails and West Ham United gets the ball, it will be difficult to form a counterattack. Willard's abundant physical fitness and strong defensive ability often make West Ham United's counterattacks come to an abrupt end before they pass through the midfield.
