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La Nación (Buenos Aires)
Thursday, July 26, 2012 | 4:18 pm
Argentina Off to a Good Start
London– Argentina’s national women’s hockey team, Las Leonas, the reigning World Cup champions, today defeated 1-0 their Chinese counterpart Beijing 2008 Olympic Games silver medalist, in the second friendly match in London before their debut Sunday at the Olympic Games against South Africa.
Noel Barrionuevo short corner defender, scored the only goal within 10 minutes of the second half
“ We played well. I was satisfied with the team’s performance. China wanted to play behind closed doors, thus we tried to make a mock of what we are going to do on Sunday in the debut with South Africa,” said coach Carlos Retegui, after the match.
