Argentina Off to a Good Start
La Nación (Buenos Aires)
Thursday, July 26, 2012, 4:18 pm
London – Argentina’s national women’s field hockey team, Las Leonas, the reigning World Cup champions, today defeated their Chinese counterparts, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games silver medalists, 1-0, in their second friendly match in London before their debut Sunday at the Olympic Games against South Africa.
The only goal was scored from a penalty corner by defender Noel Barrionuevo, until ten minutes into the second half.
“We played well. I was satisfied with the team performance. China wanted to play within closed doors, therefore we tried to make a replication of what we are going to do on Sunday at the debut with South Africa,” said the team coach, Carlos Retegui, after the game.
