Under the reminder of coach Bauza, Argentina's players suddenly woke up and gave up the idea of launching a fierce attack at the beginning of the second half and quickly equalizing the lead.
After a 15-minute rest, the team changed sides and fought again in the second half. Venezuela was indeed prepared and maintained its state and fighting spirit in the first half, waiting for Argentina to attack and occasionally counterattacking Argentina wildly when they got the ball.
In the 53rd minute, Venezuela got the ball and launched a quick counterattack. Midfielder Flores sent a long pass, allowing forward Joseph Martinez to successfully counter offside and receive the ball on the left side of the Argentina penalty area. The ball created a semi-single chance.
Finally, in the face of the interference of defender Otamendi and the attack of goalkeeper Romero, Joseph Martinez made a precise lob shot, the ball was hoisted over the head of goalkeeper Romero and only hit the goal. Far dead end.
Fortunately, Willard listened to the words of coach Bauza. On the one hand, he did not penetrate deep enough. On the other hand, he immediately returned to defense after losing the ball.
Although Venezuela's long pass and Joseph's lob shot were fast, Velard, who was chasing the ball at high speed, still chased the ball back into the small penalty area before it fell into the goal. He jumped hard and headed the ball in front of the goal. He went over the crossbar and completed an extreme clearance that involved a thousand-mile defense.
After completing the clearance, Willard was in the air and hit the goalpost. He let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground.
The Argentine commentators exclaimed:
"Joseph lob!"
"Danger……"
"Ah, great shot!!!"
"Alan Willard!"
"Villad came to Argentina's rescue when he raced back from midfield and headed over the crossbar just before Josef Martinez's lobbed shot hit the target."
"Villad hit the goalpost and took a long time to recover before being pulled up by Romero, Rojo and others."
"It looks like the impact was serious. That is to say, Velarde's physique is amazing. For ordinary people, it is really possible that he will be injured."
"Even Willard grinned and rubbed his waist for a long time. It seems that the impact was indeed serious."
"However, fortunately, Velarde returned to defense in time and completed this extreme rescue. Otherwise, if we were two goals behind, Argentina would be really in danger based on the state of both sides today."
"Even now, Argentina are still one goal behind."
"However, as long as we don't continue to concede goals and are only one goal behind, there is still hope of equalizing even at the last moment of the game."
Not only the Argentinian commentators and fans, but also the Venezuelan fans, although they regretted that Joseph's lob failed to score, they also applauded Velarde's wonderful rescue.
The more exciting the clearance from Velarde, it also highlighted how dangerous Joseph Martinez's shot was.
Venezuela failed to grab the first point from the ensuing corner kick and was saved by Argentina center back Mori from the penalty area.
The game continues.
Joseph Martinez's shot and Velarde's ultimate clearance further highlighted Venezuela's extraordinary state and danger in this game, and Argentina's defense became more cautious.
Under such circumstances, Venezuela did not get any decent opportunities. After all, their hard power is still far behind. It is very difficult to break through the Argentine defense line composed of Velarde, Mascherano, Otamendi and others. It is not easy to even complete a shot occasionally.
And after holding on to the defense, Argentina will naturally not forget to counterattack. While often staying in the backcourt to guard against opponents' attacks, Velarde didn't attack very frequently in the second half, but he was able to help his teammates with passes.
In the 74th minute, when Velarde, Mascherano, Messi, Prato and others were passing and cutting together on the right, the presence of Velarde and Messi attracted the Venezuelan defense to the extreme. Keep Right.
After all, either of them has the ability to defeat several people and penetrate the opponent's defense. Venezuela does not dare to be careless and can only defend with more numerical advantages.
As a result, the left wing has been empty since then.
Although Di Maria was marked, full-back Rojo was left unmarked when he joined the attack.
As a result, Velarde saw Rojo running in the gap on the right, and when he received Messi's return pass again, he did not pass the ball back again as everyone expected. Instead of hitting the wall with Messi, he suddenly made a big long pass and transferred the ball to the huge gap on the left side of the front court.
Because Venezuela's formation was attracted to the right by Argentina's offense, and the defensive force in the center was also attracted by Di Maria and Banega, the left wing was completely empty.
Rojo easily unloaded the ball without anyone defending him. After adjusting outside the penalty area, before the defender guarding Di Maria rushed over to cover his position, Rojo was about 24 meters away from the goal outside the penalty area. He kicked off his feet and fired explosively from a distance of 300 meters, launching a heavy artillery world wave of extremely high quality without any interference.
The angle of the ball was actually not awkward, but it was too high and flew into the goal just against the lower edge of the crossbar.
Goalkeeper Hernandez made a save and touched the ball with his fingertips, but failed to change the trajectory of the ball. In the end, he could only watch the ball fly into the net in despair.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"The heavy artillery wave from full-back Rojo directly opened the door to Venezuela."
"This was a long pass from Velarde on the right, which directly penetrated all Venezuela's defense lines and transferred the ball to the unguarded Rojo."
"Rojo hit a high-quality shot without interference. Although the angle was not very good, the goalkeeper still failed to save the ball. In the end, he had no choice but to watch the ball go into the net."
"Argentina finally equalized the score."
"Argentina encountered great difficulties in this game. I thought it was a game to score points. Unexpectedly, Venezuela, which had not won the previous game, was in such good condition and had such high fighting spirit that Argentina was almost at a loss."
"Fortunately, Argentina has now equalized the score. Moreover, Argentina's defense is very stable and did not give the opponent too many chances in the second half."
"As long as we continue like this, the defense no longer loses the ball, and as long as we score one more goal on offense, we can complete the reversal and get all three points."
This goal also greatly boosted the morale of the Argentine team and made everyone more determined to implement the head coach's tactics.
Next, Argentina continued to defend the defensive line, and then when there was an opportunity, Di Maria and Messi organized the attack, with Velard occasionally stepping in to help.
Just a few minutes after the last goal, Argentina almost scored again to take the lead. Unfortunately, Messi was unlucky. In the 79th minute, an arc shot from outside the penalty area hit the crossbar and failed to directly score the goal.
But as the entire Argentina team performs better and better, even though there is less and less time left, everyone is becoming more and more confident in scoring goals, completing reversals, and taking all three points.
