Germán Portanova’s team won 4-0 in San Nicolás. The debut in New Zealand will be on July 24 against Italy.
The women’s team thrashed Peru 4-0 in their last game in Argentina before traveling to the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which will begin on July 20. Mariana Larroquette, Estefanía Banini, Yamila Rodríguez and Camila Gómez Ares were the scorers on the cold night in San Nicolás.
From the beginning there was a lot of emotion from the Argentine players in the national anthem in the Estadio Único de San Nicolás, mostly packed with 20,000 spectators.
On the field, Argentina showed very superior to Peru, an inferior rival who was coached for the first time and who is in the replacement phase after a weak season.
The first goal of the game came after 16 minutes, from a corner kick. The selected player made a set piece play that ended up defining Mariana Larroquette from the ground.
Argentina had the ball, dominated the actions and looked for Maryory Sánchez’s goal throughout the first half, in which instead Vanina Correa had practically no interventions.
At 42 minutes, Estefanía Banini showed exquisiteness. Aldana Cometti hit a long pass to Florencia Bonsegundo, who passed between three Peruvian players and gave the ball to Banini. The number 22 defined the far post with quality.
In the second half there were no variations in possession of the ball, the attempts of the team and the null arrivals from Peru. The technician German Portanova He took the opportunity to make changes, test variants and dose the loads on his campus.
Yamila Rodriguez, the scorer of the last Copa América, in which the Argentines got a place for the World Cup by coming out third, stretched the advantage over the guest with the third goal. On the other hand, Dalila Ippolito tested the goal and Bonsegundo took the ball from the goalkeeper -from a bad start- to leave it served to Rodríguez.
Camila Gómez Ares He marked the fourth over the end to complete the party of the women’s team that is going to the World Cup.
“I am very happy to have converted. Soccer gives you revenge, this time it was my turn and I am going to make the most of it,” said Yamila Rodríguez after the game. And she added: “It’s nice to see so many people and your family here. It’s very exciting to have them scream your name. We leave with a lot of energy. The feeling is good. Obviously there are always mistakes to be corrected and there we will try to do our best”.
The record between Argentina and Peru is now 7 victories for the Argentines, two draws and one victory for the Bicolor in ten games.
Those led by Portanova added a victory to their streak so far 6 games without losing adding the friendlies in February in New Zealand.
Between Sunday and Monday, the Argentine delegation will leave in two groups for Auckland, New Zealand, the city where it will base itself.
Argentina will debut in the World Cup on July 24 against Italy (in Auckland, at 3:00 Argentine time); then they will face South Africa in Dunedin (on July 27, at 9:00 p.m.) and will close the group stage against Sweden in Hamilton (on August 2, at 4:00 p.m.).
With information from Telam
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2023-07-15 02:12:17
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