The women’s teams Spain and Argentina of field hockey, which already played a friendly in Valencia this Thursday, will meet again this Saturday in the last test before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where both national teams will meet again in the third match of the group stage.
Both teams have been in the Valencian capital since the 15th in the final stage of preparation before the Olympic event and, therefore, they faced each other this Thursday in a friendly match where the Argentines dominated and ended up winning by 6 – 1, a match where they showed that they are ready to fight for medals again.
Olympic and world runner-up, Argentina showed their quality by dominating from the start of the second quarter against a Spain that came out with very high pressure in the first minutes and managed to tie the Lionesses’ first goal, but that was losing momentum in favor of the players from South American country.
The Argentines come to the Olympic event after winning two silver medals in the last two international tournaments, after losing both finals against the same rivals, the Netherlands, Olympic gold in Tokyo as well as the world championships.
For its part, Spain, which fell in the quarterfinals of the last World Cup and in the same round of the Olympic Games, wants to reach the semifinals of the tournament and fight for a medal, renewed under the direction of Carlos García Cuenca.
Both Spain and Argentina are in group B along with Australia, Great Britain, United States and South Africa and, in fact, they will meet again next Wednesday, July 31, in the third match for the same group stage of Paris 2024, where the four best teams will advance.
Spain will debut against Great Britain on the 28th and Argentina will do the same against the United States on the 27th.
Source: La Verdad
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