The only goal of the match, corresponding to Group A and played at the Kalinga Stadium, was scored by Maico Casellawho plays for the Dutch Hoofdklasse in the Netherlands.
The Lions, currently in seventh place in the FIH ranking, will face Australia next Monday at 10.30 (Argentine time) and then France (next Friday at 6.30).
The team led by Mariano Ronconi will have only three of the Olympic champions in Rio 2016: Matías Rey, Agustín Mazzilli and Lucas Vila, and 11 World Cup rookies.
This is the 13th. Argentina’s participation in a World Cup and the best position was obtained in 2014 (Netherlands), placing third.
This was the third time that Los Leones played against South Africa in a World Cup and the previous ones also resulted in victories, in Malaysia 2002 by 4-1 and in the Netherlands 2014 by 5-1.
Source: Ambito
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