08/04/2021 15:17
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/04/2021 3:17 PM
This Wednesday the 4th will be saved as a day of consecration for Las Leonas.
With its triumph against India, in the semifinals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Argentine women's field hockey team secured at least one silver medal.
And it is his return to the elite after the setback that meant the defeat in the quarterfinals of Rio 2016, against the Netherlands.
Magui Aicega
, historical captain of Las Leonas, goes through her life as a former player commenting for Public TV, where she not only demonstrates her knowledge about the sport but also allows herself to transmit her feelings as an integral part of a team that transcends the years and generations. .
And this morning, of course, she could not remain oblivious to the images that came from the other side of the world, with the girls led by Chapa Retegui celebrating with all the great achievement they had just achieved for Argentine sport.
The Lionesses celebrate.
They return to an Olympic podium after the frustration in Rio 2016. And they want to close the trip to Tokyo with an unprecedented achievement for women's hockey: the gold medal.
Photo: REUTERS / Hamad I Mohammed
"Did we have to come with the camera?" Magui asked with a laugh, trying to hide her tears, surprised to find herself on the plane from the studios of the state channel.
At his side, the journalist and conductor
Miguel Osovi
, accompanied the emotion of the Lioness with respect.
"I am very excited. The messages from all the players who ever put on the shirt, who went through this whole process, what they went through,
and who come to this
shirt
today, fill you with pride
...", Magui said later, on the verge of breaking down, giving an account of all the efforts made by these girls and women to be part of Las Leonas.
Magui, 47, winner of the
Olimpia de Oro 2000
along with all Las Leonas, spoke of the importance of the processes and highlighted the difficulty of replacing a player like Luciana Aymar.
"When (the people) retired, they wondered what was going to happen to Las Leonas. However, that process was difficult, because it is not easy to get out after an Aymar Fight. And yet today they are in an Olympic final.
Every process has to be done. wait for it. The processes are not overnight.
Ours was not overnight, it was a long process. When you work, the result is seen, "celebrated the former Leona.
Magui Aicega, bronze in Beijing 2008. Photo: EFE / CÉZARO DE LUCA.
Magui, winner of three medals with the Argentine National Team (silver in Sydney 2000, and bronze in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008) also took a moment to speak to Las Leonas 2021 and dedicate a strong harangue,
encouraging them to leave everything in the final
, against the Netherlands, and not settle for what has been done.
"It is a great emotion for sport, for hockey, that we have a medal. When we were in Sydney it was an achievement to be in an Olympic final. They have to think about winning it.
The Netherlands is a great team, but "It's a game
. They are 11 against 11. If there is a dream, and you believe in it, it can happen. They have to think about winning, because if they do, they can achieve it," said Magui.
The final will be on Friday 6 at 7:00 in the morning against the Netherlands, a rival to fear, number 1 in the world rankings, which accumulates a string of 19 games won and swept in the semifinal against Great Britain with a win 5- 1.
But it is known, for Las Leonas nothing is impossible.
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