The coach of the Argentine women’s soccer team made his discharge after the 1-0 defeat against Italy, in the debut of the Australia-New Zealand 2023 World Cup.
German Portanovacoach of the Argentine national team, said that the most “fair” It would have been a draw against the Italians, who won 1-0 in the 87th minute of the match corresponding to the first date of Group G of the Women’s World Cup 2023.
“We feel that we were competitive. I feel a bit of everything, in my opinion the fairest thing was a tie”Portanova said at the press conference.
“We leave satisfied, sad about the final result, but in football you can lose by going looking, pressing high. We couldn’t keep it up to the end. There was merit from the center and the header (by Girelli). A detail made us lose 1-0 but I’m calm with my players because they left everything, “said the coach.
“We can’t play a match stick by stick because what happened in the last minutes happens and benefits the fastest player. We started an intelligent game, with blocks and high pressure, but the fatigue of the game made us go back towards the endto the”he added.
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For the Argentine coach, the game “was going with touches without fear and from our place we managed to get Italy to throw the ball. There were moments. Before the game I told the players to have fun and play calmly. They did it.”
Portanova, coach of the team selected two years ago, stressed that “For us, winning is leading the game and at times we did. In soccer many times you lose and sometimes you win. We knew that a setback could come but we came to play a World Cup, not a game”.
The technician insisted that “we have to turn the page and think about South Africa”the rival of the second match of the group stage for Argentinawhich will be this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. in Dunedin.
“We know that South Africa has its very fast brunettes but we want to make matches that transcend, block stops, not playing stick by stick because in the space we leave they can score goals for us,” he closed. portanova.
Source: Ambito
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