The Argentine women's field hockey team beat England 1-0 on Wednesday at the Terrassa Olympic Stadium and qualified for the XV World Cup semifinals in Spain and the Netherlands.
Forward Victoria Granatto scored the winning goal in the minute of the last quarter of a close match, with a happy outcome for the Argentine team.
Those led by Fernando Ferrara will face Germany in the semifinals, which beat New Zealand in the quarterfinals (1-0)
The Lionesses, who finished Group C first and undefeated with three wins, appealed to patience to defeat England.
The clash in Terrassa was not easy for Argentina, beyond the favourable background: they defeated England (5-2) the two times they played this year for the FIH Pro League, in February, at the Cunard facilities.
England, Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2020, finished second in Group B and advanced to the quarterfinals after beating South Korea (5-0) in the round of 16 playoffs. In addition, his squad had five players who won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
The English team, number 5 in the world hockey ranking, adopted a defensive posture to cover spaces. This strategy isolated from the game key players such as María José Granatto and Agustina Albertario, who completed her 200th international appearance.
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