An image that moved everyone. Photo: Capture TV
It’s all excitement right now for Las Leonas. The Argentine field hockey team beat Germany on Australian penalties after drawing 2-2 in regular time and will face the Netherlands in the World Cup final.
The players celebrated, hugged, cried and laughed. From Argentine televisions the fan cheered as if he were in Spain. Joy cannot be hidden at a time like this.
Y Agustina Albertario he knows it well. The 29-year-old striker just finished the game merged in an embrace with his partner, the former River player Luca Alariowho was present at the Olympic Stadium in Terrassa to encourage her throughout the match.
“I love you”, he wrote on his Instagram account. And on social media everyone echoed the gesture of the former Argentina national striker. They even dared to believe that a cabal was born.
The truth, beyond all conjecture, is that the relationship between La Leona and the Eintracht Frankfurt footballer attracts all Argentines. And this love story added another chapter.
the joy of succi
Argentine goalkeeper Belén Succi stressed that Las Leonas proved today to be “a great team” by overcoming adversity and beating Germany on Australian penalties in the second semi-final of the Spain-Netherlands 2022 World Cup.
“We are happy. We had a lot of confidence in penalties, we were working on it, something that costs a lot because it is a very big physical wear,” the goalkeeper told ESPN after qualifying.
“We started to lose 30 seconds at the start of the match, we had to start from scratch and we were able to reverse the situation,” he said of the match which ended in a 2-2 draw in the rules and was decided 4-2. on penalties.
“Son: I’m in the final!” He dedicated his little Baptist looking at the camera. “This is a dream, I have no words”, he reflected him thinking he will play his second World Cup final.
Succi, 36, world champion in Rosario 2010, will close her stage in Las Leonas on Sunday after 16 years. In that period she also won two Olympic medals (bronze in Beijing 2008 and silver in Tokyo 2020), 6 Champions Trophy titles, 2 Pan American golds (2007 and 2019) and two FIH Pro League (2015 and 2022).
Source: Clarin
