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Seeking to continue adding minutes and filming to consolidate the squad, the Argentine futsal team ended their tour of Costa Rica without victories.
The team led by Matías Lucuix reaped a draw and a loss on their visit to Central American lands: a vibrant 4-4 win on Saturday, March 4, and a 4-3 loss the following Monday.
“In the first match, Matías Rosa, Leandro Altamirano (2) and Agustín Raggiati scored the goals for the national team, which lost 4-2 until 11 minutes into the second half, when they scored discount, through Altamirano and then , the draw, due to Raggiati's goal, 4' from the end”, reported the press from the Argentine Football Association.
Víctor Fonseca, Pablo Rodríguez, Milinton Tijerino and Jean Carlo Salas scored the goals for the team coached by Alexander Ramos.
In the second game, Gerardo Menzeguez, Lucas Bolo Alemany and Sebastián Corso converted the goals that gave Argentina a 3-2 lead at halftime.
However, the National Team could not repeat the performance of the first game and, as players were losing due to fatigue and physical exhaustion, Costa Rica expanded to achieve the draw, first, and the victory, finally.
Jean Carlo Salas, Daniel Gómez and Yosel Leon (2) converted, in that order, for the local team.
The squad that traveled to Costa Rica for the friendlies was made up of the following players: 1 Nicolás Sarmiento (Betis Futsal), 12 Nicolás Kravetzky (Barracas Central), 2 Andrés Geraghty (Osasuna Magna), 3 Ángel Claudino (Valdepeñas FS), 4 Lucas Bolo Alemany (Córdoba FS), 5 Juan Pablo Cuello (Boca Juniors), 6 Sebastián Corso (Santa Coloma Industries), 7 Leandro Altamirano (Noia Futsal), 8 Dylan Vargas (San Lorenzo), 9 Matías Rosa (Jaén FS), 10 Constantino Vaporaki (Catania FS), 11 Gerardo Menzeguez (Jaén FS), 13 Alan De Candia (Barracas Central) and 14 Agustín Raggiati (Noia Futsal).
The team traveled to the Central American country on February 27 and returned on March 8.
The matches against the local team were played at the BN Arena stadium in the Sports City of Hatillo (on Saturday the 4th) and at the Scotiabank Arena stadium, in the Sports Complex of the Costa Rican Football Federation (on Monday the 6th).
Before these two matches in San Rafael, Argentina and Costa Rica met four times, the last time in the 2016 World Cup in Colombia: there they met in the third match of the group stage, with a draw, a result that allowed Argentina finish as Group leader and the “Ticos” rank third.
Then, the national team would achieve its maximum title, lifting the World Cup.
The other three times were: a 4-2 victory for Argentina in a friendly also played in 2016, a 1-1 draw at the XV Pan American Games - Rio 2007 and a 5-1 win in another friendly played in Brazil. in 2001.
