Velarde's previous pass by two people shocked Panama's defense, and the two defenders moved to Velarde's path, preparing to intercept Velarde.
Coupled with the movement of center Higuain, which restrained the remaining forces, Messi's movement was ignored by Panama.
It's not that they ignored it on purpose, but they were frightened by Argentina's counterattack and Velarde's passing of two people. They were a little panicked, so they were careless.
This allowed Messi to go around the outside of the full-back Roderick Miller who had moved inside and run towards the baseline. Of course, Willard's superb awareness and vision discovered this, so he did not force a breakthrough, but made a decisive pass and picked the ball into the penalty area, falling behind full-back Roderick Miller.
Miller saw the ball flying towards his head. He had already noticed that Messi was coming around behind him. Mi Lei was shocked. Then he immediately stepped back. When he saw that the ball was about to reach his head, he jumped hard on the line of the penalty area, trying to pass it. The ball breaks the clearance.
However, Willard's pass was too perfect. Roderick Miller's header clearance was unsuccessful. The ball passed a few centimeters above his head and fell into the gap in the penalty area behind him. inside.
Roderick Miller blew up.
It's better to turn around and go back to the defense to chase Messi!
Roderick Miller's header allowed Messi to easily unload the ball behind him. Although goalkeeper Penedo had already saved and pounced on Messi, Messi only made a simple smash. He knocked down the nervous goalkeeper and then pushed the ball into the empty goal.
The Argentine commentators let out a long roar and said excitedly:
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"Hat-trick, Messi's hat-trick!"
"Argentina leads Panama 4-0!"
"There is no more suspense in this game!"
"Argentina will beat Panama to qualify early, and because of the goal difference, there is a high probability that they will directly secure the first place in the group."
"Chile and Panama can only compete for second place in the group in the final round."
"In this game, both Messi and Velarde were in great shape. Velarde had a header and an assist, and Messi had three goals and an assist. The two of them directly defeated Panama."
Indeed, when Messi happily celebrated with Velarde after scoring the goal, the Panamanian players looked downcast as the two men rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, looking quite helpless.
This is the lethality of a superstar.
The first half is not over yet, but the rest of the time has become garbage time for Argentina.
However, for Panama, they still have the meaning of fighting and they still want to score goals. If they do score in the end and lose 1-4 to Argentina, although the goal difference is the same as Chile, the number of goals will be one more than Chile.
So they still have a reason to fight.
But obviously, Argentina won't give it to them. Especially Velarde, if Panama scores a goal, he will lose 10 million in experience in winning prizes, which he will not allow. It is difficult to upgrade now. It depends entirely on gaining experience in top competitions such as the America's Cup and the European War. A loss of 10 million is a huge loss.
Therefore, with Velarde's running back and forth defense, the assistance of his teammates, and goalkeeper Romero's save, Panama did not score a goal in the remaining time.
After 2 minutes of stoppage time, the first half ended with Argentina leading 4-0. Therefore, Gerardo Martino directly used up three substitutions at halftime, replacing Messi, Di Maria, and Masche. All three of Lano moved down to rest.
After Messi came off the field, Argentina's offensive power became weaker in the second half, but Velarde did not give up pursuing goals.
This is not only related to the goal award and winning award, but also his game evaluation. Only by going all out can he get an A-level evaluation. Once the game rating drops to B-level, he will directly lose 2/5 of his experience. This is one of the reasons why Willard goes all out in every game, not only because of his good physical fitness, but also because of the experience setting of the system, so that he must go all out.
Even though Argentina was already leading 4-0, Velarde couldn't relax, rest, and take a walk on the court.
Outsiders can't understand Velarde's behavior. They only think that he is very hardworking and professional, and fans and fans admire him even more.
Velarde, who went all out, scored another goal in the 64th minute. This was after he took the ball from the backcourt and ran long distance, passed three people in a row, and then swung away the last defender Balois outside the Panama penalty area. A powerful volley from outside the penalty area.
The ball avoided goalkeeper Penedo's fingers like a sharp arrow and flew into the goal against the right post.
Velarde also scored twice to help Argentina lead Panama 5-0. Panama's desire to score a goal has still not been fulfilled.
At this time, Panama's goal difference is already two points less than the Chilean team. Unless they can score two goals in a row in the next time, then they will rely on the number of goals when the goal difference is the same. In front of the Chilean team.
But this is easier said than done?
Not to mention the existence of Velarde, it is difficult for Panama to score goals just with Argentina's current defense line.
In fact, this was also the case. In the following time, although Panama tried its best to counterattack and try to score goals, it was still unable to break through Argentina's defense and score a goal.
On the contrary, their own defense had a big problem. In the 79th minute, they lost defense again. Verard took the ball and cooperated with his teammates twice, and then directly used the ball to break through the last defender. Dribbling the ball into the Panama penalty area to form a single goal.
In the end, Velarde smashed the ball and even knocked down goalkeeper Penedo. Then he passed the ball past the goalkeeper and hit the empty goal directly.
"The ball goes in again!!!"
"Vard also scored a hat-trick and had an assist."
"Both Velarde and Messi completed three shots and one pass, helping Argentina expand the score to 6-0."
"Argentina like this, with Velarde and Messi like this, it's really terrifying."
"In this Centenary America's Cup, Argentina's only goal is to win the championship, and everything else is failure."
In the cheers of countless Argentine fans and neutral fans at the scene and in front of the TV, Argentina finally defeated Panama 6-0 and won the second round of the group stage.
In the third round, when Chile and Panama will fight each other, no matter what the result is, Argentina will occupy at least one qualifying spot.
In other words, after Argentina completed two rounds of group matches, it has qualified early. Moreover, because of the huge goal difference, 99% has already secured the first place in the group.
Although they had known the result for a long time, after the game, Velarde, Messi and other Argentine players still interacted and celebrated with the fans for a certain period of time, celebrating that Argentina qualified for the group one round ahead of schedule and basically secured the first place in the group.
