The Argentine Women’s National Team crushed Chili by 4-0 in the first international friendly in preparation for the Australia – New Zealand World Cup.
At the North Harbor Stadium in Auckland, which is one of the host cities for the World Cup, the team that leads Germán Portanova won with goals from Eliana Stabile, Mariana Larroquettepenal, Yamila Rodríguez and Florencia Bonsegundo.
Argentina, who will be part of group G of the World Cup together with the representatives of Italy, with whom they will debut on July 24; South Africa, on the 28th of the same month, and Sweden, the August 2, based in New Zealand, will continue their preparation with two more friendlies against the local team.
The next game that the Argentine team will play will be on Monday, starting at 3, against the representative of New Zealand, at the waikato stadium from Hamilton, in what is expected to be a much more demanding test than against Chile.
Coach Germán Portanova thought that “winning in this way helps us a lot in confidence. Likewise, measure. We have to correct mistakes and keep working. Chile is a great team, in South America it is very strong. It was an important game for us. There was very good plays but there are things that we must correct to get to the World Cup in the best way”.
Source: Telam.
Those summoned by Germán Portanova
For this FIFA date of February, the coach of the Argentine National Team cited 21 footballers. The list highlights the absence of Augustine Barrosoabout which Portanova said: “She came without activity, without a club, she had some problems with Palmeiras and he is just joining Flamengo. We are open to the possibility of choosing any player, but we want those players to be playing and active“, explained the DT to The Ten.
As for the returns to the albicelestes they are Mariana Larroquette, Chiara Singarella, Marianela Szymanowski and Lorena Benítezwho returns almost a year later to wear the light blue and white.
The calendar of the Argentine women’s team
Monday February 20
- 03:00 New Zealand v Argentina, at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Thursday February 23
- 03:00 New Zealand v Argentina, at North Harbor Stadium, Auckland
*All times correspond to Argentina
The groups of the 2023 World Cup:
Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines and Switzerland
B Group: Australia, Nigeria, Ireland and Canada
Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan
Group D: England, playoff team, Denmark and China
Group E: United States, Vietnam, Netherlands and playoffs
Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil and playoffs
Group G: ArgentinaSweden, Italy and South Africa
Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia and South Korea
Argentina’s history with their World Cup rivals
Sweden
An official showdown: 1-0 loss at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Italy
First confrontation with the Albiceleste in official FIFA competitions. The only precedent dates from the unofficial World Cup in 1971, in which Argentina fell 4-0.
South Africa
First confrontation with the Albiceleste.
