The Lions were left out of the World Cup in India

The Lions were left out of the World Cup in India

The Lions They had the illusion of playing the quarterfinals against Netherlands but they will continue in competition to define the final position. The next match will be on Thursday at 8.00 against Chile in the city of Rourkela.

Maico Casella, Nicolas Keenan and Nicolas Della Torreon two occasions, they scored the goals for Argentina, which was four times in front of the scoreboard.

Jang Jonghyun, twice, Kim Sunghyun, Jeong Junwoo and Lee Nam Yong They made the goals for the Asian team that led the definition to the shoot-out with a goal five minutes from time.

In the Australian penalties (shoot-out) they failed Tomás Domene, Lucas Toscani and Martín Ferreiro, while Nicolás Keenan and Maico Casella converted.

South Korea will play next Wednesday at 8:00 against Netherlandswhich went directly to be first of the Group C.

The Dutch national team starts as a favorite since they passed the group stage with an ideal score, 22 goals for and none against, and they also won three world titles and were runners-up in the last two editions.

The Lions, who came to this world With eleven rookie players, they showed great offensive power but, at the same time, a weak defensive counterpart.

Argentina’s path began with the victory (1-0) against South Africa, then a draw with Australia (3-3) and against France (5-5) and by finishing second in Group A they had to play the round of 16 ( crossover) against South Korea.

The Lions took the lead after 7 minutes thanks to Maico Casella’s goal.

Already in the second quarter, South Korea He turned it around but Argentina reacted and went to the break 3-2 in front.

With an effective penalty corner, the Asian team leveled the match at the start of the third quarter but Nicolás Della Torre, in the same way, made it 4-3 to reach the fourth quarter with an advantage.

Nicolás Keenan made it 5-3 for Los Leones in the last quarter but ten minutes from the end and in just six minutes history changed with two new penalty corners converted by the Koreans.

The Argentine team formed with Santiago Tomás; Juan Catán, Nicolás Keenan, Maico Casella, Lucas Toscani, Nicolás Della Torre, Nicolás Cicileo, Santiago Tarazona, Federico Monja, Thomas Habif and Captain Matías Rey.

Source: Ambito

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