Paris 2024: The Lionesses had the win in their pocket, but Australia tied it in agonizing fashion
Despite the 3-3 scoreline in the last second, there were no changes in terms of qualification, which was already assured. It was the fourth date of Group B of the Olympic Games. Lara Casas, Victoria Sauze and María José Granatto, the goals for the Albiceleste.
The Argentine women’s field hockey team tied 3-3 with Australiaon the fourth date of Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Oceanic team avoided the fall in the last play of the match with a short corner.
With the passage to the quarterfinals assured, The Lionesses are second in the standings by goal difference and will close Group B against Great Britain on Saturday, August 3 at 5.
The team’s goal is to finish in first place to avoid the Netherlands, one of the competition’s candidates.
Lara Casas, Victoria Sauze and María José Granatto scored the goals this Thursday at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium.
The Lionesses arrived with a perfect score in their first three appearances at Paris 2024 and are still dreaming of reaching the Olympic podium again after the silver medal in Sydney 2000, London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, in addition to the bronze in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
“We are very angry, we had done many things well. We got to 3-2 and we needed to have a little more possession. We knew that Australia was a very tough opponent. Today we played at a high level and that is what we came to look for.“This is going on, it’s long. The next match is the most important one,” said Majo Granatto.
