In the city of Valencia, the albiceleste team took the additional point in the sudden definition, after having tied 1-1 in the regulation period.
Maico Casella (4th. Fourth, 5m.) opened the account for the Argentine cast that the coach guides Mariano Ronconi.
On your side, Joaquin Menini (4th. Quarter, 6m.), former member of Los Leones who won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, established equality for the team led by Maximilian Caldas (Argentine by birth), after having adopted Spanish citizenship earlier this year.
The decisive series was extended to 24 penalties (12 per side) and was resolved with a last conquest achieved by Nicholas Keenan.
The Argentine national team recruited Tomás Santiago; Leandro Tolini, Federico Monja, Matías Rey and Nicolás Cicileo; Nicolás Della Torre, Diego Paz and Tomás Dómene; Agustín Bugallo, Nicolás Keenan and Martín Ferreiro.
later they entered Maico Casella, Thomas Habif, Lucas Martínez, Santiago Tarazona, Lucas Toscani and Joaquín Puglisi.
With this result, The Lions were consolidated in the second position of the table with 24 units, product of 6 wins, 3 draws (they won all the additional definitions) and 3 losses. The sole leader is India, with 27 points.
The Albiceleste team will continue the series of presentations against Germany, on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22, at the Ernst Reuter Sportfeld, in the city of Berlin.
Eighth straight win for Las Leonas
The Argentine women’s field hockey team, Las Leonas, achieved its eighth consecutive victory in the competition, defeating its pair from Spain 1-0, in a match corresponding to the FIH Pro League of discipline.
At the Betero stadium in the city of Valencia, the albiceleste team crystallized success with a goal scored by Agustina Albertarioat the minute of the third quarter of the commitment.
In this way, the Argentine representative repeated the 1-0 victory that he had obtained last Saturday against the same opponent and in the same scenario, this time with a conquest scored by Victoria Granato.
The lionessunder the orders of Fernando Ferrerathey enlisted Cristina Cosentino; Valentina Costa Biondi, Agustina Gorzelany and Agostina Alonso; Sofía Toccalino, Rocío Sánchez Moccia, Victoria Sauze and Eugenia Trinchinetti; Agustina Albertarrio, María José Granatto and Victoria Granatto.
Then they entered Valentina Raposo, Jimena Cedrés, Julieta Jankunas, Daiana Pacheco and Sofía Cairoas specified in a report by the International Federation (FIH).
Argentina will try to prolong the successful streak in the tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday facing China successively, in matches that will take place at the Betero stadium.
The main positions: Argentina 24 points; India 22; Netherlands 19; Germany 16; great britain 8.
Source: Ambito
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