08/30/2021 9:42 AM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/30/2021 9:47 AM
The Argentine soccer team for the blind achieved a new victory on Monday at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and secured a place in the semifinals for which they will have a double chance of winning a medal.
After training with a 2-1 victory over Morocco, Los Murcielagos beat Spain 2-0 on Monday.
The two goals for the national team were the work of Maxi Espinillo, who had also scored twice on the opening day.
# Soccer5 |
GOAL FROM ARGENTINA!
We said it: "Watch out for the scorer!"
Maxi Espinillo appeared and scored a great goal.
# Argentina🇦🇷 1-0 🇪🇸 # Spain. # JuegosParalimpicos |
#TOKIOenDEPORTV pic.twitter.com/TtOKzhUG1c
- DEPORTV (@canaldeportv) August 30, 2021
# Soccer5 |
GOAL FROM ARGENTINA!
⚽️ From whom, from whom?
And yes, by Maxi Espinillo.
The Los Murcielagos striker sentenced Argentina's victory 🇦🇷 2-0 against Spain 🇪🇸 # JuegosParalimpicos |
#TOKIOenDEPORTV pic.twitter.com/7IhOn7Se1f
- DEPORTV (@canaldeportv) August 30, 2021
In this way, Argentina was first in Group B with six points, three more than Spain and Morocco that will be measured this Tuesday for the last date of the group stage.
On that same day, Los Murcielagos will play against Thailand, which lost both games they played and is already eliminated.
In Group A, also with an ideal score, Brazil leads, which also advanced to the semifinals, followed by Japan and China, both with three units, and France, who still could not add.
The top two from each group will advance to the semifinals to be held next Thursday.
The finals for gold and bronze will be on Saturday.
The Bats are looking for their first Paralympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020, after winning silver in Athens 2004 and bronze in Beijing 2008 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.
Argentina, in addition, was twice world champion of the specialty (2002 and 2006) and winner of the Copa América three times (1999, 2005 and 2017).
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