Belgium had opened the scoring by Tanguy Corynsat 2 minutes, and discounted through Gauthier-Boccardat 44.
This was the first time in history that the men’s field of hockey won an Olympic medal, since it added four in a row – but no gold – among women.
The team led by Carlos “Chapa” Retegui-who directed The lioness who won the silver medal in London 2012-, beat the two-time Olympic champion in the semifinal Germany by beating him 5-2.
The Olympic podium men’s hockey was completed precisely Germanywho beat on penalties Holland and got the bronze medal.
Rio 2016 was the fifth consecutive Olympic Games in which Argentina won a medal through hockey, as women won silver at Sydney 2000 and London 2012, as well as bronze at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
As for the match, Argentina started losing because, after two minutes, a low shot was deflected by Tanguy Cosyns and dislodged the goalkeeper John Vivaldi to open the bookmark.
The set of “Chapa” Retegui He did not stay there and went out to find equality, pressing in the midfield area and opening the field well with ball movement.
In a short corner, when everyone expected him to shoot Gonzalo Peillatthe defender commanded the play so that Peter Ibarra capture the rebound inside the area and can tie the score.
The best game of the Argentine midfielders managed to be superior to that of the Belgians, The Lions They took the game to their rhythm, fast and deep and, after a long ball to Lucas Vilamade a good play for Ignacio Ortizwho took a cross shot that became the second goal.
With the same strategy, Argentina continued to dominate Belgium and, at 21 minutes, a new short corner came that was crowned with a tremendous shot from Peillathis eleventh goal in the tournament.
For the second part of the match, almost logically, Belgium leaned more on the Argentine terrain, seeking to verticalize the attack and, in that circumstance, The Lions they held on defensively, closed very well and controlled the pace of the game.
with great wisdom Argentina knew how to stand on the court, but Belgium also had a tremendous team and, at 44 minutes, Gauthier-Boccard made a tremendous play and, after leaving three rivals behind, crossed the ball and beat John Vivaldi.
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For the end, the Europeans went for the tie, they replaced their goalkeeper with a field player and, in the final minute, a bad start in the Belgian back, was stolen by Agustin Mazzilliwho defined the lawsuit to celebrate the long-awaited and historic gold medal inside the arch.
Once the historic deed was accomplished, the coach “Chapa” Retegui stressed that the victory was “all Argentine sport” and that, in addition, he managed “Touch the sky with your hands”.
“We saw it, we believed it and we made it concrete. We played Argentina. I want to dedicate it to the tachero, to the bus driver who breaks all day working in Argentina, I share it with everyone”he claimed Reteguiin tears.
“It is an award for Argentine hockey, for Enard, the Secretary of Sports of the Nation that makes us not lack anything and for all the players who put on the shirt of the Argentine National Team and could not get on a podium. Today We touch the sky with our hearts. I feel proud to be Argentine and when a group is united and everyone pulls for the same side, everything comes”he concluded.
Source: Ambito
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