Women’s World Cup 2023: days after the debut, the Argentine National Team arrives in New Zealand

Women’s World Cup 2023: days after the debut, the Argentine National Team arrives in New Zealand

Coach German Portanova and part of the coaching staff arrived in the first group with Vanina Correa, Estefanía Banini, Florencia Bonsegundo, Abigail Cháves, Daiana Falfán, Sophie Braun, Lorena Benítez, Aldana Cometti and Romina Núñez.

While in a second group Yamila Rodríguez, Mariana Larroquette, Dalila Ippolito, Paulina Gramaglia, Chiara Singarella, Julieta Cruz, Gabriela Chávez, Miriam Mayorga, Adriana Sachs, Eliana Stábile and Érica Lonigro have just arrived.

today afternoon will depart from Ezeiza International Airport, with a stopover in Santiago de Chile, one last group made up of the players Vanesa Santana, Lara Esponda, Camila Gómez Ares and the missing members of the coaching staff.

The trips were scheduled that way so that all the soccer players could travel in first or business classby recommendation of FIFA and decision of the AFA.

Women’s World Cup 2023: Argentina’s rivals

Those directed by Germán Portanova will debut on July 24 at 3 in the morning Argentine time against Italy at Auckland’s Eden Park stadium, where the opening match between New Zealand and Norway he Thursday 20 at 4 in the morning.

On the second date of the group stage, they will face South Africa. The game will be on Thursday 27 at 9 p.m. in Dunedin, on the southern island of the country. Finally, the third match will be against Swedenone of the main powers of the world, on Wednesday, August 2 at 4 in the morning from Argentina at the Hamilton stadium.

In these three initial games, the Argentine National Team will seek for the first time in its history a victory in a World Cup and overcome, also for the first time, the group stage.

How did the Argentine National Team do in the last World Cups?

Although the Argentine National Team has not yet achieved any victory in World Cups, in 2019 the team showed a huge improvement and great competitiveness against the main powers.

In the last group stage, they faced England, Japan and Scotland. The first match was against the Asians, world runners-up in 2015 and they took a draw 0-0. Against England, semifinalists of that tournament, they fell 1-0 and closed the championship with an agonizing 3-3 draw against Scotland where they showed a great performance in the second half.

In the two previous World Cups in which the national team had participated (2003 and 2007), they had gone with three losses in the three games.

In 2023, they will arrive for the first time at a world Cup with a squad fully integrated by professional players and they will hope to surpass what they have achieved in 2019.

Source: Ambito

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