Although the start was thrilling, the Danish team scored first and used the bus and iron barrel formation to defend for a long time.
But the final result proved that the almighty Velarde can still use various methods to break the opponent's turtle shell. Whether it is set pieces or mobile battles, the opponent cannot completely prevent him.
He scored twice in every game. Although not as amazing as the club, he is already the best in football. You know, even Ronaldo, who is known as an alien, only scored 8 goals in 2002. But Willard has only reached the 1/8 finals, and there are still 1/4 finals to play. If he wins the 1/4 finals, there will be semi-finals and even finals later.
With Willard's efficiency, Fontaine's record of 13 goals in a single World Cup set in 1958 will probably be surpassed by Willard.
However, Fontaine only played 6 games and scored 13 goals, and his average goal rate per game is higher than that of Velarde now. If Willard wants to surpass Fontaine's average goal rate per game, then it will not be enough to score twice in the next few games, he must score more goals.
In the following games, Brazil's 2-0 victory over Mexico did not exceed anyone's expectations, but the match between Belgium and Japan was astounding.
First, the Japanese team scored two goals in a row. When everyone thought it was going to be a big upset, Belgium scored three goals in a row to defeat Japan. In the World Cup knockout stage, the two sides staged a thrilling reversal drama.
After the game, Japanese players and fans were heartbroken. They thought they would win with the first two goals, but they didn't expect to be reversed by the opponent in the end. This kind of psychological gap from heaven to hell is really painful.
As for the next two games, Sweden 1-0 Switzerland and England narrowly defeated Colombia in a penalty shootout, they were not too surprising. Only the Belgium VS Japan game was the most exciting.
All the 1/8 finals are over, and now it’s time to enter the quarter finals to compete for a spot in the semi-finals.
On July 6, the first quarter-final was played between Uruguay and France. As expected, the powerful French team defeated Uruguay 2-0 with the goals of Varane and Griezmann, and successfully advanced to the fourth round. powerful.
The second quarter-final was between Brazil and Belgium. It was a close match, but the Brazilian team was unlucky and was scored an own goal by its own team, and finally lost the game 1-2.
Belgium has historically advanced to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
On July 7, the third quarter-finals took place between Sweden and England.
If the Chinese team is Korean-phobic, there is no doubt that England is also Korean-phobic. England has never defeated Sweden in a World Cup match. Counting the World Cup preliminaries, in the previous 15 meetings between the two sides, England only won 2 games, lost 5 games, and drew 8 games.
This is undoubtedly a shame for England, which has won the World Cup and owns the Premier League brand.
This time, they finally broke the curse and defeated Sweden 2-0 in the World Cup main game and advanced to the semi-finals.
Next, there is the game between Argentina and the host Russia.
At 21:00 on the evening of July 7, with the whistle of Brazilian referee Sandro Ricci, the last quarter-final match of Russia VS Argentina in the 2018 World Cup officially began.
Russia not only qualified for the group stage of this World Cup, but also entered the quarterfinals. Judging from Russia's results and world rankings, it is quite an amazing performance and can be called a dark horse.
In this quarter-finals, facing Argentina, the favorite to win the championship, led by Messi and Velarde, Russia's strategy is the same as Denmark's, which is to defend and counterattack.
Unfortunately, they did not have the same luck as Denmark and failed to score in the opening attack. This was not only a matter of luck, but also because Argentina learned a lesson and paid careful attention to Russia's opening attack and did not let Russia's opening attack succeed.
After Russia's three-point ax came down and had no effect, it was Argentina's turn to show off its power.
In the 21st minute, after a wonderful pass-and-cut coordination between Velarde, Messi and Di Maria, Velarde and Messi moved to draw the attention of the defense, and Di Maria dribbled the ball from the left. He broke into the penalty area and passed the ball in front of the goal. Aguero outflanked the goal and succeeded in pushing the ball. Argentina opened the scoring and led 1-0.
After leading the score, the game became easy to play, because Russia's big bus and iron barrel formation could not stand up any longer, so they had to press out and attack, using their height advantage to focus on crosses from the side and competition for the top in the middle.
But Argentina has Velarde who retreats to participate in the defense in the penalty area. His physique, jumping, and heading ability are all top-notch, even at the full level. Even the 196cm-tall Russian forward Dzyuba will find it difficult to defend in the penalty area. Ladd grabbed a header from his side.
Before the end of the first half, in the 42nd minute, Willard took advantage of the counterattack opportunity to run past three people and then volleyed from the line of the penalty area, hitting a world wave that hit the dead center.
Velarde helped Argentina expand the score to 2-0.
After a 15-minute intermission, the game continued in the second half.
In the 60th minute, Russian midfielder Zobnin pulled down Messi who broke through from him in desperation when Argentina was making a quick counterattack, and gave Argentina a well-positioned free kick.
Velarde did not waste this free kick opportunity and took it in one stroke, sending the ball into the dead center of the goal.
Velarde scored twice again, helping Argentina expand the score to 3-0. The game was completely one-sided.
But Velarde was not satisfied. He was still very excited when he scored his first goal in the World Cup and completed his first goal in the World Cup. However, now his goal is Fontaine, so scoring two goals is not enough, he must continue to work hard.
Velarde pursued victory tirelessly and finally scored again in the 77th minute. This time, he broke through from the left wing and then cut in and shot into the far corner. This routine is equally effective for Velarde, who has good balance between his left and right feet, and is a huge threat.
This time he scored in this way, completing his first hat trick in the World Cup and helping Argentina expand the score to 4-0, completely killing all suspense in the game.
Then Bauza began to make substitutions, taking off the main players to rest and prepare for the next game.
Russia finally got a header from their meritorious forward Dzyuba before the end of the game. Although it failed to save the defeat, it could be regarded as saving a little face.
In the end, Argentina defeated the host Russia 4-1 and advanced to the semi-finals. Their opponent in the semi-finals will be England.
As for Russia, although they lost, their ability to reach the quarterfinals was beyond the expectations of many fans. When they met Argentina, led by the two great kings, Velarde and Messi, everyone expected to lose.
After the game, the Russians gave their team a warm ovation and thanked them for their wonderful performance in this World Cup. Of course, Velarde, who completed his hat-trick for the first time, also won a lot of early applause, even from Russian fans.
As the knockout rounds progress, the competition becomes more and more important and exciting.
