The Argentine women’s field hockey team, Las Leonas, beat Ireland 2-1 this Saturday, in the second of three friendlies scheduled in the city of Mar del Plata.
In a packed Pan-American Stadium, as usually happens every time Fernando Ferrara’s team performs, the Argentine goals were the work of Agustina Gorzaleny and Pilar Campoy.
Argentina formed with Cristina Cosentino; Sofia Toccalino, Gorzelany and Valentina Costa Biondi; Sofia Cairo, Valentina Marcucci, Rocio Sánchez Moccia and Jimena Cedrés; Julieta Jankunas, Delfina Thome and Campoy. Then Agustina Albertario, María José Granatto, Bianca Donati, Lucina Von der Heyde, Catalina Andrade, Sol Lombardo, Clara Barbieri and Valentina Raposo entered.
In the first clash, on Thursday, Las Leonas had won 2-0 with goals from Toccalino and Guadalupe Adorno.
The third and last game of the series with Ireland, third in the world ranking, will be tomorrow at 8 pm on the same stage.
In October Las Leonas will play the Pan American Games in Chile, where they will seek to get the Olympic ticket to Paris 2024.
Prior to this, they plan to play matches corresponding to the FIH Pro League, in which they defend the crown, against Australia (from February 27 to March 4), the Netherlands (June 7 to 11) and Belgium (June 15 to 19). June).
