Sabrina faija
08/04/2021 8:35 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/04/2021 8:40 AM
Joy overflows them.
Every day of these five years since the quarterfinals lost in Rio 2016, Las Leonas have been waiting for this moment to take revenge to be in an Olympic final from London 2012. After beating India 2-1,
Argentina will go for the coveted gold
in Tokyo 2020. The rival will be the Netherlands, which took revenge for the final lost in Rio 2016 and beat Great Britain 5-1.
In the North Court of the Oi stadium,
India surprised the minute and a half of play
. Still settling into the field of play, Las Leonas made
the one mistake
they shouldn't make: an infraction in the circle that allowed their rivals to activate the mechanism of their most dangerous play.
Gurjit Kaur's
dragging
slipped under
Belén Succi's
left sole
and the blow to the left side of the board was a shock for Argentina.
With the ball but unable to enter the circle after the goal suffered, Carlos Retegui's team began a game of pressure on the sides against a focused and aggressive India in the left area, from where they tried the dangerous cut towards the center to look for another fixed that allowed him to escape on the scoreboard.
With problems in the pass and reception, Argentina
activated the individualities
and on the left sector they took advantage of the spaces.
Majo Granatto tried without luck first but a few seconds later Rocío Sánchez Mocchia chose the same sector to get the first short corner in 7 and a half minutes.
The Indian starter, however, blocked Agustina Gorzelany's drag and did not allow the national team to have the same percentage of effectiveness as her rival.
Indian pressure was the key that made it easier for the Asians to go ahead to the second quarter, in which Argentina lost its best performer for a few minutes on the spot due to a head clash between Gorzelany and Navneet Kaur that left him with an important bandage. on the head to Argentina for a cut on the scalp.
The absence of the defender caused Las Leonas to have to appeal to other performers, because the fixed ones arrived thanks to a
lit Agustina Albertario
in the left sector that at sheer speed generated two consecutive short corners. The first was exhausted in a team play that ended in a dangerous play by Rochy Sánchez, Francesca's mother for almost five months. But in the second
the intact dragging of Noel Barrionuevo
reappeared
to put justice to the score with a shot that neither the foot of the Indian goalkeeper nor the player placed on the left post could prevent it from becoming 1-1 at 3 minutes.
Aware that there was much more time to play than had already passed -barely 18 minutes-, Argentina began to take the ball, set up the game and enter the circle, an aspect in which it closed the first half with 11 against just 6 of its rival , who once again had a great chance with the fixed to be back in advantage. However, the one
who avoided India's second was Succi
, with a huge save four minutes and a fraction of the end of the second quarter.
The
video ref
also began to play a key role in this section of the match. First, in favor of the Argentine team because in the first instance the judge had given India a short because Sofia Toccalino had continued to play with the mask after a fixed. Then, already in the third quarter, against, which is why Las Leonas ran out of technological resources from two and a half minutes. And also when India claimed ball raised in Barrionuevo's drag at 5 and tried to prevent (unsuccessfully) Argentina from celebrating its second goal on
a magical night for the 37-year-old defender in her fourth Olympics
.
Although the effectiveness was low, because they only converted two of their six fixed, Las Leonas found in Barrionuevo,
the historic scorer with 101 goals
, the key to the goal and going to be in advantage for the first time also generated a click in India, which He did not want to go out to press with the same aggressiveness as in the first half so as not to generate spaces and maintain the minimum difference on the scoreboard to face the last quarter.
At 6 minutes, the Asians got another fixed but the effectiveness of that first quarter was not present by another save by Succi, who by throwing himself to his right avoided the detour in another dangerous drag that went to the place where
Goofy was
waiting
for a great defense of the Argentine exiting women. That effort in the fixed play was also noticed in the forwards, who did not stop defending but also showed themselves as options against them.
Although they suffered until the end, for
a ref video in which India asked for a short corner 17 seconds from the end
, Las Leonas appealed to their experience, that which led them to always be among the four best of each tournament until Rio 2016 shook. Every day of these five years, they crouched waiting for the revenge of that final lost in London 2012. The rival will be the same. But the outcome could be different. After all,
being Olympic champions for the first time is within your grasp again
.
