In addition to the good news of advancing to the semi-finals, for Willard, another advantage of knocking Germany out is that the German team relied on a 10-0 bloodbath in Fiji in the last group match and allowed two players to score a lot of goals. The battle for top scorer is out of contention.
Willard scored 2 goals in the first group match, 3 goals in the second group match, and 2 goals in this quarter-final, reaching 7 goals.
Gnabry and two other German players, who tied for second with 6 goals, have been eliminated by Argentina and have forever lost the opportunity to continue to compete for the top scorer.
As for the players behind, the most they have is only 4 goals, which is too far away from Willard. Moreover, if Willard can lead his team to the final, there are still two games to play in the semi-finals and finals, and he can continue to score goals.
The top scorer is almost in Willard's possession.
Based on this performance, it is almost no surprise that the best player will be won by Velarde.
In addition, as for the championship, I still have some experience in this Olympics.
Perhaps, an upgrade is not far away.
Just the day after the Olympic match between Argentina and Germany, Liverpool's first round of the Premier League also started.
Liverpool's first round of the league is a tough battle, an away game against Arsenal. As a result, after conceding one goal first, the Red Army scored four goals in a row, and finally won Arsenal with a score of 4-3 in a head-to-head battle, making a good start to the new Premier League season.
After watching the live broadcast of the game, Velarde made a special call to express congratulations to his teammates. His teammates also wished that Velarde would lead the Argentina Olympic team to defeat Nigeria, advance to the finals and eventually win the championship.
On August 17, the first semi-final match between the Brazilian Olympic team and the Honduras Olympic team started. The Brazilian Olympic team, which had the advantage of being at home, beat Honduras 6-0, knocking out the dark horse Honduras. The host country took the lead in advancing to the final.
More than an hour later, the match between the Nigeria Olympic Team and the Argentina Olympic Team officially started.
This is Nigeria's revenge game. They reached the men's football finals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but ultimately lost 0-1 to the Argentine Olympic team led by Messi and Angel Di Maria, missing out on the gold medal.
This time, the Nigerian Olympic team wants revenge. It wants to defeat the Argentine Olympic team again to avenge the defeat in the 2008 final, then advance to the final, and then defeat Brazil to win the championship and gold medal.
But contrary to expectations, Velarde, who had taken a good rest for a few days, returned to normal in this game. More importantly, based on the situation in the last game, Oraticochea switched the team's formation in time and adopted the 532 formation used in the second half of the last game instead of the previous 433 formation.
Facts have proved that there are big flaws in allowing the Argentina Olympic team to use the same 433 formation as the national team and Liverpool to utilize Velarde's abilities. The flaw lies not in Willard, but in the fact that the backcourt is too weak, and the players in the frontcourt simply cannot return to defense in time like Liverpool and the Argentina national team.
Therefore, it is a good way to increase the number of defenders, first ensure the defense and remain invincible, and then let Verard use his personal ability to lead his teammates in the midfield and frontcourt to score goals.
Even the German team could withstand this formation and tactics, let alone the weaker Nigeria, and Willard returned to his normal state.
After playing for half an hour, Nigeria failed to make even a threatening shot that hit the goal frame. Argentina, on the other hand, had threatened to shoot three times. Unfortunately, they were unlucky. They were saved by the goalkeeper twice and hit the post once.
But even so, Nigeria's defense failed to last until the end of the first half.
In the 34th minute, Velarde first took a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area, forcing the defender to fly to block the hole of the gun and block the ball from the bottom line, winning a corner kick.
Then, in this corner kick attack, although Willard was defended by Nigerian defenders in the penalty area, he still relied on his strong physique and jumping ability to jump high in the crowd and beat the wing back Maurisi. O Martinez's corner kick went into the goal.
Velarde opened the scoring and helped the Argentina Olympic team take a 1-0 lead. His Olympic goals also came to 8.
After scoring the first goal, the game became much easier to play.
Argentina itself changed its formation, with five defenders and two midfielders, and with Velarde running all over the field without hesitation, Nigeria's desire to equalize the score could not be realized.
Moreover, because the score was behind, Nigeria had to increase its offensive intensity. As a result, it could not break Argentina's goal. Instead, it kept conceding the ball and was met with Argentina's rapid counterattacks.
Before the first half was over, Nigeria conceded a second goal.
This is when Willard cooperated with his teammates in the backcourt to press. After intercepting the ball from the Nigerian offensive player, he passed a long pass of more than 40 meters, directly piercing Nigeria's defense line and sending the ball to the opponent's penalty area. cutting edge.
Forward Kaleri successfully countered offside and received Velarde's through ball behind the Nigerian back line. Then he faced the attacking goalkeeper Daniel and made a lob, successfully lofting the ball over the goalkeeper's head and into the goal.
At the end of the first half, Argentina entered the halftime break with a score of 2-0, basically sealing the victory. Nigeria did not have the ability to reverse the comeback against the Argentine Olympic team led by Velarde.
In order for Argentina to reverse Germany's record 3-2, it must have at least one efficient star, which obviously Nigeria does not have.
Therefore, although Nigeria made substitution adjustments during the halftime break, adding a forward and increasing the offense, this approach not only failed to allow them to score, but quickly conceded another goal in the 59th minute.
This time, it was Willard who broke through with the ball from the midfield, made a long-distance run past four players, entered the penalty area, and shot into the far corner to score.
The U23 players of the Nigerian Olympic team couldn't even stop Velarde, let alone technically. They were stunned by Velarde's fake move, and ended up being passed by Velarde. Four scored.
Velarde scored twice again, and the score has become 3-0, completely killing the suspense of the game. His total Olympic goals have also reached 9.
Head coach Oraticochea was overjoyed and started to make substitutions as a matter of course. In the next ten minutes or so, he used up three substitutions, allowing the main starting players to rest and prepare for the final.
With a three-goal deficit and the fact that Willard was still on the court, Nigeria was powerless in both offense and defense and had already admitted defeat. However, this is the Olympics, not a warm-up match. They still want to score a goal and save some face, rather than being defeated by having their heads shaved.
So, Nigeria's attack continues. The Argentine Olympic team, which had three substitutions in a row, had some problems in its defense. In the 78th minute, Nigeria almost broke through the goal.
Fortunately, Velarde, who had returned to his normal state, realized the danger in advance and rushed back to the small penalty area at high speed. He made an extreme goal-line hook clearance and kicked out the opponent's midfielder Mikel's lob clearance. No goals were conceded.
Although the Nigerian players believed that the ball had crossed the goal line, the referee ultimately did not rule the goal valid, but ruled that Willard made a successful clearance. Later video replays also proved that Nigeria did not score the goal, and most of the goal was still on the goal line. It was clearly visible.
The game continues.
Nigeria's offense continues, and they still want to score at least one goal before the end of the game to save some face.
But not only did this wish not come true, but in the 86th minute Argentina stole the ball and made a successful counterattack.
It was Velard again, but this time he did not go into Longtan alone. Instead, after passing two people first, when almost five or six Nigerians surrounded him, he passed the ball to Angel Core. Asia, and then he ran out of the circle without the ball and rushed into the penalty area.
Velarde's speed was too fast and his movement was too flexible. No one could follow him when he was moving without the ball. In the end, he rushed into the penalty area and ran out of space. Angel Correa also arrived at the right time. Passed the ball across.
The ball was passed very well, and the defender who was returning to defend could not touch it, and goalkeeper Daniel was unable to make a save. In the end, Willard easily pushed the ball into the goal from the back of the small penalty area.
Willard scored a hat trick, extending the score to 4-0, completely killing all suspense.
After the score became like this, Nigeria had no motivation to continue the game, and both sides spent the last garbage time calmly.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. With Velarde's first pass and three shots, the Argentine Olympic team defeated the Nigerian Olympic team 4-0 and advanced to the 2016 Olympic men's football finals. They met the host Brazilian Olympic team led by Neymar in the finals and staged the Olympic finals. South Germany derby on the field.
Argentina 4-0 Nigeria and Brazil 6-0 Honduras. The attacking power of both sides is equally impressive. Argentina has Alan Velarde, and Brazil also has Pele's successor Neymar, both of whom have their own stars.
This South American derby at the Olympics has been brewing since the semi-finals. Countless fans from Brazil and Argentina rushed to the final venue. Countless media and TV stations were fully prepared and hyped up the final. .
Brazil Olympic Team VS Argentina Olympic Team, Neymar VS Velarde, who will win, countless people are looking forward to it.
Especially in Brazil, as a football kingdom, they have not won an Olympic gold medal in men's football, which is somewhat unworthy of their reputation. Therefore, the Brazilian team is bound to win the gold medal in the Olympic Games held on their doorstep this time.
Even facing the Argentine Olympic team led by Alan Velarde, the Brazilians were not afraid at all and expressed sufficient confidence in interviews.
In fact, the Brazilian team has an advantage in terms of overall strength, while Argentina is a ragtag team that was only temporarily formed near the start of the Olympic Games. Although Velarde's personal ability is very strong, once Velarde performs poorly, the whole team will be greatly affected, just like what happened against the German team in the first half of the quarter-finals.
Therefore, what the Brazilian team has to do now is to use its strengths and avoid weaknesses, limit Alan Velarde, and then launch a fierce attack on Argentina's young players who lack experience and strength, use the advantage of the host to defeat Argentina and win the first place in their history. Olympic gold medal in men's football.
