Velarde's threat is so great that opponents need to use a large number of manpower to intercept his dribbling breakthrough and block his shooting route.
Sometimes it may not be blocked. Even if it is blocked and other places are empty, Willard's teammates are not stupid and can still score goals.
In the 14th minute, Velarde was double-teamed by four opponents players while dribbling the ball in the frontcourt. He passed the ball in time to Higuain in the middle.
After Higuain made a stop and pushed away the defender who was attacking, he volleyed the ball directly outside the penalty area and hit the ball inside the goal frame. However, the angle was not very tricky and it was saved by goalkeeper Gallese.
But in the subsequent corner kick attack, Velarde, Higuain, Aguero, Otamendi, etc. attracted a lot of Peruvian defensive attention, and then another central defender Mori was almost uninterrupted. He easily grabbed the first point, successfully hit the goal with a head-swing from the back of the small penalty area, and headed the ball into the back of the goal.
Argentina opened the scoring and led Peru 1-0 away from home.
For Argentina, taking the lead basically means victory in the game. Because Willard is a high-level free man with all-round offensive and defensive capabilities, he can not only help the team score goals, but also help the team defend.
It is unlikely that the Peruvian team will score Argentina's goal, and if it loses the ball, it will in turn be counterattacked by Argentina.
The opponents also knew the difficulties they faced, but they still had to attack. If they are ranked high and it doesn't matter if they lose a game, they may stick to it and pray for a smaller goal difference. But the problem is that Peru is currently ranked 8th in the standings and is still far away from the qualifying area for South America in the World Preliminaries. It is a situation where every game must be fought for.
Even facing Argentina led by Velarde, Peru had to press out and attack when the score was already behind. As for Argentina's counterattack, they can only hope that Argentina makes a mistake or Peru's defense performs well.
In the 22nd minute, Peru managed to tear apart Argentina's defense through an extraordinary team effort and passed the ball into the penalty area. As a result, winger Benavente rushed into the penalty area and volleyed the ball without stopping, but it was The ball missed the goal and hit the side netting.
Peru missed an opportunity to equalize the score.
Missed opportunities will be punished, and sure enough, just three minutes later, Argentina got the ball and launched an excellent attack. In the end, when Velarde was about to take a shot from outside the penalty area, he was blocked by the anxious Peruvian midfielder. Pia directly grabbed the collar and pulled him to the ground.
Tapia received a yellow card and Argentina got a good free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. This position is on the right side of the front edge of the penalty area, about 25 meters away from the goal. The location and distance are quite good.
Although Tapia blocked Velarde's free kick from a free kick, he failed to do so and received a yellow card himself.
When the referee made the decision and Velarde began to hold the ball towards the penalty spot and put the ball on the penalty spot, Tapia realized that he had done nothing.
With Velarde's shooting skills, it was completely unnecessary for him to get that yellow card. Whether in open play or direct free kicks, Willard's threat is almost the same.
Sure enough, after the referee blew the whistle for a free throw, Villard shot with the inside of his right foot, lifted the ball, crossed the wall, drew a perfect arc in the air, and flew directly into the goal. The blind spot in the upper right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Gallese judged the right direction and moved in advance. However, Velarde's ball not only had a good arc, but also had good power and sufficient speed, and it went straight to the theoretical dead end. Therefore, in the end, Gallese still failed to touch the ball and could only watch the ball fly through the gap between his palm and the goal frame and into the goal.
"Haha, the ball went in!"
"Alan Velarde, extended the score for Argentina."
"Argentina leads Peru 2-0, and this game is basically settled."
"With Velarde, a top free agent whose offensive and defensive capabilities are as high as the ceiling, it is basically impossible for Peru to come back from two goals behind."
"Willard's shooting skills have shown unparalleled power."
"Neither Swansea nor Peru can stop him."
Indeed, faced with such an unstoppable shooting ability, the Peruvian team had almost nothing to do against Velarde.
If it's a player like Messi, you can still use speed, size, and numbers to defend against him, but how can you defend against Willard?
Willard is physically strong enough to hit him. If someone bumps into him, they may not be able to hit Willard, but they will be injured instead. You can't beat him in terms of speed. Most people can't keep up with Villard's off-the-ball running speed, and you can't even keep tabs on him.
As for relying on the number of people to guard, on the one hand, Willard's high attribute awareness will specifically look for the opponent's loopholes to exploit. On the other hand, after attracting enough defenders, Willard will no longer fight alone, but will pass the ball to his teammates.
It's really incomprehensible.
It's a pity that his teammates' shooting skills can't keep up with Velarde. Otherwise, Velarde could still get many assists.
In the 28th minute, Mascherano intercepted the ball in the backcourt and handed the ball to Velarde. Velarde directly penetrated Peru's defense with a long pass.
Higuain attracted the Peruvian center back. Aguero crossed into the penalty area from the wing, successfully countered offside, received Velard's through ball, and then faced the attacking goalkeeper Gallese with a volley into the far corner. Shoot.
However, although the ball avoided the goalkeeper's save, it eventually missed the far post and failed to score a real goal.
Although Aguero is also a top striker, his shooting skills are still not comparable to that of Velarde, and his efficiency is far inferior to that of Velarde. It is very normal for his kicks to miss or fly away due to interference from opponents.
A few minutes later, Di Maria also received the assist from full-back Rojo and delivered a good goal. He received the ball in the left rib of the penalty area and adjusted, dodged the defender's pressing, and then volleyed after gaining space to shoot. Shot from the near corner.
As a result, although the ball hit the goal frame, it was blocked by goalkeeper Galese and missed the bottom line, failing to actually score a goal.
In the subsequent corner kick, Di Maria failed to accurately send the ball to Velarde's head, and the Peruvian team player grabbed the first point and pushed out of the penalty area to clear the ball.
The game continued, and Peru, which was two goals behind, still had a glimmer of hope of a comeback, so it did not give up its attack.
But precisely this also gave Argentina the opportunity to counterattack quickly.
Before the end of the first half, in the 43rd minute, Peruvian midfielder Cueva made a passing error when he tried to pass the ball to full midfielder Edison Flores, and was intercepted by midfielder Kranevite.
Peru immediately had two players running towards Velarde, trying to prevent Kranevite from passing the ball to Velarde.
Seeing this, Kranevette did not pass the ball to Velarde, but to Aguero in the frontcourt.
Aguero dribbled the ball from the right, cooperated with Higuain, then made a pass and dropped the ball into the penalty area.
Higuain seized the first spot in the penalty area, flew the ball with a header, and returned the ball to the line of the penalty area.
Velarde, who was still in his own half before, had already shaken off the defensive player. With his strong speed, he rushed to the line of the Peruvian team's penalty area. Facing Higuain's deliberate pass, he directly volleyed the ball. shot, hit an astonishing ball speed of 146 kilometers per hour according to post-match statistics, and blasted the ball into the goal.
In fact, the angle of the ball was not tricky enough. Goalkeeper Gallese flew sideways and hit the ball. However, the ball was too fast and powerful. His save failed to hit the ball out of the baseline. Instead, he only slightly changed the line and finally flew in. goal.
Velarde used a volley to blast the world wave, helping Argentina expand its lead to 3-0.
