Gerardo Martino's angry resignation caused an uproar. The Argentine Olympic Committee immediately spoke out, saying that if the Olympic football team cannot submit the roster within the specified time, Argentina may set a shameful record: because it cannot get together to participate. number and automatically withdraw from the Brazilian Olympic Games.
There are only 16 participating teams in the Olympic Games. Other countries are fighting to get a place in the competition. Unexpectedly, Argentina has got a place in the main draw, but it may automatically withdraw from the competition because there are not enough participants. That is simply The laughingstock of the world.
The Argentine media and fans denounced the Argentine Football Association like a corpse.
The head coach who won two consecutive Copa Americas for Argentina did not receive any salary for nearly a year. He continued to work solely with patriotic enthusiasm and love. Now that he cannot continue, no one will blame Martino. Everyone will blame him. The finger is pointed at the Football Association.
But the Football Association now has no leader at all. The previous chairman has passed away, the acting chairman was involved in a corruption case and was forced to resign, and the Football Association’s accounts have been frozen. Most of the leaders of the Football Association are concurrently held by the presidents of major Argentine domestic clubs.
Therefore, the Argentine Football Association is now leaderless, has no one to work, and cannot pay out money. Before, it could not buy air tickets and book hotels for the Argentine national team to participate in the Centenary America's Cup. Now it has also caused the resignation of Gerardo Martino. event.
After being besieged and denounced by the media and fans, the remaining Argentine leadership held an impromptu meeting, first appointed a new head coach of the Olympic team, Oraticochea, and urgently formed the Olympic team to participate in the Brazilian Olympics to avoid becoming a national team. The laughing stock of the world.
Oraticochea took office as a new coach, without the prestige of Gerardo Martino who won two Copa Americas in a row, and communication with major clubs was even more difficult.
Because Olympic football is a U23-level competition and is not an international A-level event. Clubs are not obliged to let players participate. Therefore, whether they can recruit people depends entirely on the prestige and communication skills of the head coach and the Football Association.
The leadership of the Football Association is the chairman of the club. Naturally, they must first ensure that their players participate in the league. This is very uncooperative and has little prestige. Not to mention the new head coach, when the Argentina Olympic team started training on July 11, there were only 9 people present on the first day, and they couldn't even start a training match.
Velarde also put aside the matter of participating in the training camp on the excuse that he had just finished playing in the America's Cup and did not have enough rest, and he did not want Liverpool Club to release him.
In fact, Liverpool did not prevent Willard from participating in the Olympics. As long as Willard wants to participate, Liverpool will not let him go. However, in this chaotic situation, Willard should wait and see first to see if he can gather enough people to participate in the Olympics. If he can participate, he can then gain experience and reputation.
During this period, on July 10, the 2016 European Cup in France also ended its competition for the final. Portugal defeated the host France 1-0 in overtime and won the European Cup for the first time in history.
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the European Cup and the Champions League, the two most valuable championship trophies, while Messi and Velarde hold the America's Cup. Each also has other championships in the club, and their personal performances are also very good. This year's Ballon d'Or award , I'm afraid there will be a fight between dragons and tigers.
Afterwards, Willard continued to participate in business activities, shoot commercials, accompany his girlfriends, and wait for news about the formation of the Olympic team. If he can participate in the competition, of course it would be good. He can go to the Olympics to swat mosquitoes and gain championships, prestige, and experience. It doesn't matter to him if he can't compete.
Before the deadline stipulated by the International Olympic Committee, the Argentine Olympic team finally submitted a formal list of enough players to participate. Velarde also reported to the Olympic team and officially participated in the training camp, preparing to fly to Brazil to participate in the Olympic Games.
Because many clubs do not let people go, and due to the U23 age limit, many players on this Argentine Olympic team are unknown. Velarde is a well-deserved superstar and the boss of the locker room, even though he is only 23 years old.
The captain's armband was undoubtedly on his arm.
The current Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are scheduled to be held from August 6th to 21st, but football and other competitions with longer schedules will be held in group matches in advance.
On August 4, the first round of the Brazilian Olympic men's football group stage began. In the first game, Iraq and Denmark drew 0-0.
In the first game of Group D, the Honduras Olympic team defeated the Algeria Olympic team 3-2 and scored 3 points.
Subsequently, the host nation Brazil and South Africa drew 0-0, casting a shadow over the Brazilian Olympic team's Olympic gold medal dream.
Afterwards, the German team tied with Mexico 2-2, another minor upset.
Next is the match between Portugal and Argentina.
At 16:00 on August 4th, at the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, with the whistle of the referee Lopez, the second match of Group D of the 2016 Brazilian Olympic Men's Football Group Match between the Portuguese National Olympics and the Argentinian National Stadium Austria's game officially begins.
With Velarde as a cheating free agent, Oraticochea naturally copied the national team and Liverpool's free agent tactics and developed a 433 tactical system around Velarde, allowing Velarde to coordinate in the middle. He can advance or retreat, left or right, and can make the most of his super personal strength on both offense and defense.
Due to the confusion of the Football Association and the replacement of the coaching staff, the Argentine Olympic team is actually quite disorganized and does not have much time to train on team chemistry. Fortunately, everyone knows Willard's strength, and everyone is willing to surround Willard.
Velarde also lived up to expectations. Although Portugal was more united than Argentina and played more team-threatening attacks, it was of little use against the Argentine defense led by Velarde.
Velarde can not only destroy the opponent's offense with his super speed and defensive ability, but he can also direct his teammates to defend as a big brother and captain, checking for leaks and filling in gaps. It is difficult to find young Olympic team players like Portugal. Argentina's loopholes go to the goal.
On the contrary, once Argentina gets the ball, it will basically pass the ball to Velarde's feet. And with Velarde's skills, even if two or three people from Portugal come to press him together, it will be difficult to steal the ball from his feet.
After all, these players are too young.
In just the 4th minute of the game, Villard dribbled the ball past two people from the left and then cut inside laterally. After getting out of the gap, he took a long shot from a place more than 20 meters away from the goal on the left side of the penalty area and hit an arc. A shot from the line, a shot into the far corner of Portugal.
The ball had already escaped goalkeeper Bruno Varela's fingers, but in the end it hit the outside of the post and bounced off the baseline.
There is no perfect shooting skill, and there will always be deviations in the shot. Of course, this kind of long-distance shooting requires not only shooting skills, but also technical requirements (arc). There is also the air flow in the stadium. If there happens to be a cross wind, it will affect the flight path of the ball. have a certain impact.
But no matter what, in this level of competition, Willard is absolutely a crushing presence, regardless of offense and defense. As long as Willard doesn't lose the ball in the backcourt, it will be a matter of time for Willard to score against these U23-level young people.
