La Nación (Buenos Aires)
Thursday, July 26, 2012, 4:48 p.m.
Argentina Off to a Good Start
LONDON— Argentina’s national women’s field hockey team, Las Leonas, the reigning World Cup champions, today defeated 1-0 their Chinese counterparts, 2008 Beijing Olympics silver medalists, in a second friendly match in London before their debut Sunday against South Africa in the Olympics.
Defender Noel Barrioneuvo scored the one and only goal from a penalty corner 10 minutes into the second half.
“We played well. I was satisfied with the team’s performance. China wanted to play behind closed doors so we tried to make it a drill for what we’ll do Sunday in the debut game against South Africa,” said coach Carlos Retegui after the match.