08/04/2021 9:29 AM
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Updated 08/04/2021 9:29 AM
The Lionesses secured a medal but they are not satisfied with silver, the same that they won for the last time nine years ago, in London 2012. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Argentine hockey team wants to be gold for the first time.
Sorry Noel Barrionuevo, the top scorer in the semi-final against India, the 37-year-old who came back to be gold.
“We got what we came for, which was to be in an Olympic final.
Now we want to play it and win it.
Holland is our eternal rival
, we are going to go out to play them without throwing ourselves back because we know how to play very well against any rival, ”the defender remarked.
It is also felt by an Olympic debutant like Agustina Gorzelany, the first option in the short corner who this Wednesday suffered a cut to the head that prevented her from being in that fixed play in which Barrionuevo scored the partial tie.
“When the bugle sounded, I started to cry because all the preparation fell on me. Knowing that we are going to hang a medal is exciting, it is glory itself. Let the final be what it has to be.
We are giving back what that glorious generation of Las Leonas generated
”, highlighted the 25-year-old girl who emerged in San Martín.
Of course, Agustina Albertario, the great figure, feels it for her drive in the semifinal, beyond the key presence of Barrionuevo and goalkeeper Belén Succi. "I don't know what it feels like, I can't process anything, it was a very tough game. I left everything, I can't stand up from nerves, excitement and fatigue. Now we want to enjoy this moment and think about what's next, which is We have to focus on the Netherlands, because in this tournament you cannot be sad or happy because the next day it continues, "said who suffered that elimination in the quarterfinals of Rio 2016.
"We always say that only we know what we did to be here. They were two very hard years in which we were almost not at home, with 20-day tours everywhere, but without international filming. We gave everything to be here today. And we are enjoying it because only we know what we did to be here, "he reinforced.
Chapa Retegui's harangue to Las Leonas.
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And obviously Chapa Retegui, the coach of the three consecutive Olympic finals, feels it. "
This is the third consecutive Olympic final for Argentine hockey
. It is gross that Argentina is there. As an Argentine who loves my country, I am extremely proud that we have the possibility that on the last day, as in Rio (de Janeiro), let the Argentine flag fly and our anthem is heard, which is the most beautiful song there is to listen to at this moment ”, said who in 2016 led Los Leones to the Olympic title.
On Friday, at 7 o'clock in Argentina, it will be the definition that all of them waited so long for. The rival, an old acquaintance. "We
must assume and accept that we will play with the best team in the world
, but in Buenos Aires we beat them before the pandemic. If we want to win, we have to attack. If we want to have chances against the European and world champions, we have to play stick to stick, with confidence, to the winner. And to enjoy it fundamentally because we have two days left and we are going back home, "Retegui warned.
