With the whole world paying great attention to Velarde, on October 11, Argentina's home match against Paraguay in the 10th round of the World Cup preliminaries officially started at the Kempes Stadium in Cordoba.
Paraguay is stronger than Peru, but this is Argentina's home court, so Paraguay did not dare to attack rashly. Instead, it defended firmly and waited for opportunities to counterattack.
Everyone now knows that Velarde's shooting ability has improved by more than one level compared to last month, and the threat is very huge. Therefore, no one dares to attack Velarde's team, leaving too much for Velarde. Space for counter-attacking shots.
He couldn't defend even with all his strength, let alone leave a gap for Willard.
In fact, this is also true.
Although Paraguay is ready to defend and has conducted special defensive drills specifically for Velarde, who should defend Velarde in which position or block his shot, they all have special arrangements before the game. , showed certain results in the game, preventing Willard from scoring in the first 20 minutes.
There were shots, but they were either blocked by the hole, missed by interference, or hit too far and were confiscated by the goalkeeper.
But when the time came to the 24th minute, Di Maria received the ball from Velarde in the gap on the left side of the penalty area and was about to break into the penalty area to shoot. However, he was knocked down by Paraguayan wing-back Oscar Romero, forming a random When the ball was passed, Paraguay could not stop Velarde's goal.
Although this goal was a little bit biased, it was not as good as the free kick Willard took against Swansea. It was not that biased and not that far away.
In this way, Willard has greater certainty.
Sure enough, after a few steps, Willard kicked a wonderful curve ball, bypassing the wall and hitting the near end of the goal. Although goalkeeper Villar predicted that Verard might hit the near corner and moved ahead, the angle of the ball was too tricky and the speed was not slow. In the end, Villar was still beyond his reach and could only watch the ball. Access the network.
Velarde scored from a free kick, opening the scoring for Argentina and leading Paraguay 1-0 at home.
Under normal circumstances, if you are only one goal behind, the opponent will counterattack. But I don’t know if Paraguay has decided that they can’t beat Argentina. Therefore, after Velarde scored the first free kick, they did not significantly press the counterattack, but only invested two or three people in a symbolic attack. Once the ball is lost, the whole team will return to defense and continue to defend, with the goal of losing less goal difference.
Such a pragmatic attitude towards the game made Paraguay's goal a lot more stable. It did not concede 5 goals like Peru, let alone 8 goals like Swansea.
But even so, Willard still scored another goal in the second half, and also assisted Higuain to score the third goal.
In the end, Argentina beat Paraguay 3-0 at home, winning the 10th round of the World Cup qualifying rounds and continuing to top the South American standings with an unbeaten record.
At the same time, Velarde's total goals in 2016 have also reached the 80-goal mark, leaving only 11 goals behind Messi's annual record of 91 goals. Willard has almost 20 games left this year.
With Velarde's current scoring efficiency, Messi's annual goal record of 91 goals, which was considered impossible to break, seems to be breakable in a snap.
Aguero also joked to Velarde: "Since Messi is your idol, can you bear to break his record?"
Willard replied: "The way to pay tribute to an idol is to go all out, not to give up."
After the game, the media and fans naturally praised Velarde overwhelmingly. Even if we don’t talk about Messi’s record, Velarde’s annual 80-goal achievement is already worthy of the name of the third person in history.
The first place is naturally Messi's 91 goals in the year, and the second place is Gerd Muller's 85 goals in the year. Velarde's 80 goals in the year ranked third behind Gerd Muller.
This is absolutely great for a young player who is only 23 years old.
At such a young age, still unmarried, and with such dazzling achievements, Willard also made several girlfriends feel deep pressure.
A real diamond king, his attraction to the opposite sex is absolutely first-rate. As long as Willard lets go, I'm afraid there will be no problem if there are ten or eight women in the villa a day.
The three of them still had to study and were unable to leave Argentina. However, after discussion, Desia withdrew from her father Simpson Henderson's business and followed Velarde to England to be with Velarde.
Willard is naturally quite satisfied. The athlete originally had a bit of excess energy, but after being blessed by the system, his physique has reached 99, and he is indeed somewhat energetic. Having Desia by his side can provide a good balance of yin and yang, which is also beneficial to his performance on the court.
Back in England, the Premier League is back in flames.
On October 15, during the daytime match between Manchester City and Everton in the eighth round of the Premier League, an unexpected situation occurred. Manchester City got their first penalty kick in the 43rd minute, but De Bruyne missed it.
In the 70th minute, Manchester City got another penalty kick, but Aguero also missed it.
In the end, Manchester City was tied 1-1 by Everton at their home court and only scored 1 point in this round. Although they are temporarily ahead of Liverpool by 1 point in the standings and ranked first, as long as Liverpool does not lose this round, they will return to the top of the list. If they win, Liverpool will even lead Manchester City by 2 points.
However, Liverpool’s opponent in this round is not simple. Although the league ranking is only 7th, their name is the Red Devils Manchester United.
This is Liverpool's mortal enemy. The game between the two sides can be called an English national derby. The victory or defeat does not all depend on the strength of the lineup.
In this kind of derby, the state and energy of both sides are unpredictable. No one dares to say that strong players will definitely win.
In particular, Manchester United's current head coach is Mourinho, the magic bird who resigned from Chelsea last season. This is a recognized defensive master. He once eliminated Barcelona with an extreme bus and iron barrel formation in the Champions League knockout round, and eventually led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown.
No one knows what methods Mourinho will come up with to restrict Willard and whether it will be effective.
Manchester City, a mortal enemy in the same city, was quite entangled at this time. Not only do they want Liverpool to lose, allowing them to secure first place in the standings, but they also don’t want their city rivals, Manchester United, to win. A tie between the two sides is unacceptable, because then Liverpool will still return to first place and push Manchester City to second place.
This left people in Manchester City extremely confused, not knowing who to hope to win.
On the Manchester United side, Mourinho did not speak loudly this time. Maybe it was because Velarde put too much pressure on him. He actually admitted Velarde's greatness and said at the pre-match press conference:
"Willard is the top player today, a superstar who can determine the outcome of the game by himself."
"Willard has top-notch physique, physical fitness, speed, consciousness, technology, shooting ability, and free kick skills. He can score goals whether inside or outside the penalty area, in the air or on the ground."
"His overall strength is stronger than Messi and Ronaldo."
"Therefore, it is very difficult to limit his performance, not to mention it is an away game. We can only do our best."
Such words are very difficult to hear from Mourinho, who always regards himself as God first and him second. Even Mourinho admitted that Willard is powerful, which shows that Willard's strength is indeed difficult to limit.
