A tough test was given by
Los Leones
in the World Cup in India.
And they fully approved.
It is that the Argentine field hockey team was about to beat
Australia
, number 1 in the FIH ranking.
However, those led by Mariano Ronconi could not hold the result and ended with a 3-3 tie that is also super positive.
Jeremy Hayward opened the account with a penalty corner in the first quarter for the Oceanics, who took advantage of the first opportunity they had to unbalance.
Far from falling apart, the Argentines matched history through Tomás Domene, who in the same way, who made it 1-1 in the second set.
At the end of the first half, Australia went back to the front after Daniel Beale overcame the resistance of Santiago Tomás.
The national team asked for a video ref, but left twice empty-handed.
The anger did not last long.
After the break, Mayco Casella, author of the winning goal against South Africa in his debut, showed all his opportunism to score the tie.
And the illusions were renewed.
Especially at the start of the last quarter when it was Martín Ferreiro who appeared to turn history around.
It seemed that The Lions would deliver the blow, but Blake Govers took advantage of a mistake at the start to sign the tie near the end.
Ronconi's team had entered the World Cup with a 1-0 win over South Africa with that goal from Casella
.
For their part, the Oceanic team had started the World Cup in India with a resounding 8-0 win over France.
Now, Los Leones will define the pass to the round of 16 in the match of the last date against France that will be played on Friday at 6:30.
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