It was a double victory in Santiago del Estero, Argentina for Los Leones and Las Leonas of their final house video games of the FIH Professional League collection in Argentina. The boys scored early within the second half by way of Bautista Capurro’s rocket on the upright reverse, whereas the ladies recovered from going an early objective all the way down to beat the Hockeyroos 2-1.
The win offers the Argentina males their third out of eight video games performed to take a seat sixth within the standings, whereas on the ladies’s facet Las Leonas are in fifth general in eight video games. The FIH Professional League motion in Argentina will proceed with yet another set of video games between Belgium and Australia in a day’s time.
(Males’s) Argentina 1 – 0 Australia
The opening quarter was tightly contested, with Argentina incomes two penalty corners and Australia one. Maico Casella’s drag flick was gloved away by Jed Snowden, whereas Iñaki Minadeo’s try was run down nicely by the Kookburras. Australia’s greatest probability was manufactured by way of Ky Willott’s deflection off Nicolas della Torre’s foot. The ensuing penalty nook flick from Campbell Geddes sailed broad.
Argentina gained momentum within the second quarter, with Lucas Toscani intercepting an outlet move to spark a counterattack, although Snowden was fast to intervene.
After the halftime break, Argentina struck within the thirty second minute. Casella’s aerial move throughout the circle was expertly managed by Bautista Capurro, who fired an upright backhand previous Ashleigh Thomas for the 1-0 lead. Thomas later denied a penalty nook try and maintain Australia inside attain.
Australia pushed late, incomes two penalty corners, however Argentina’s protection—backed by an important save from Tomas Santiago—held agency. With their keeper pulled, Australia gained a closing penalty nook with 10 seconds remaining, however a miscommunication on the high of the D sealed Argentina’s 1-0 victory.
Argentina’s Bautista Capurro was named participant of the match and mentioned: “All the time to win in Argentina is gorgeous. It was our final match and we needed to win.”
(Girls’s) Argentina 2 – 1 Australia
Australia struck early after a Valentina Raposo turnover led to a Hockeyroos sensible counter-attack. Greta Hayes drove down the left and located Courtney Schonell, whose mid-air cross was batted in by Jade Smith for the opening objective. Argentina responded with a penalty nook flick, expertly completed by Agustina Gorzelany—her fifth of the event.
The Leonas managed the second quarter with excessive ball velocity and assured passing. A Raposo slap into the Australian circle almost arrange Lara Casas, however she missed the ultimate contact. Moments later, Brisa Bruggesser weaved previous Zoe Newman in site visitors to place Argentina forward 2-1. Gorzelany almost added one other, however her flick struck the publish and stayed out. Agustina Albertarrio almost made it three for Argentina however once more the ball slid simply previous the top of her stick earlier than half time.
Australia’s greatest probability got here within the fourth quarter from a penalty nook, however a well-worked routine on the high of the circle couldn’t discover Alana Kavanagh’s stick on the again publish . Each groups traded possibilities, however the first-half targets stood, giving Argentina back-to-back 2-1 wins over the Hockeyroos on this Professional League collection.
Argentina’s Maria Granatto was named participant of the match and mentioned: “We’re actually completely happy for the win right now. We performed very well and we labored arduous so this was the important thing for us. The opposite crew performed very well, too.”
Present Hero High Scorers:
Girls – Frédérique Matla (NED), Agustina Gorzelany (ARG) (5 targets)
Males – Tom Boon (BEL) (14 targets)
To see the present standings within the FIH Hockey Professional League, click on right here.
FIH Hockey Professional League – 23 February 2025
Santiago del Estero Hockey Membership, Santiago del Estero, Argentina (ARG)
Males
End result: Match 31 (M)
Argentina 1 – 0 Australia
Participant of the match: Bautista Capurro (ARG)
Umpires: Raphaël Adrien (GER), Sean Edwards (ENG), Darren Hubach (RSA-video)
Girls
End result: Match 33 (W)
Argentina 2 – 1 Australia
Participant of the match: Maria Granatto (ARG)
Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER), Maggie Giddens (USA), Darren Hubach (RSA-video)
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