The Argentine national team lost to Romania in the closing of the World Youth Championship in China. It finished in 18th place with a total of 4 wins and 3 losses.
Argentina had a great performance at the China 2024 World Junior Championship. They lost to Romania in the last match 19-25 but were coming off a win against a European, beating Austria in a great match. 25-23.
La Garrita had a difficult start, the team coached by Martín Duhau had a hard time managing the attack and it took them 8 minutes to score the first goal. From that moment on, they managed to improve their performance and tie the game.
Argentina’s goalkeeper, Lola Valentina Nuñez Fridmana, had an excellent closing performance and led the Albiceleste to finish the first half 12-12.
The Argentine juniors suffered a lot in the second half and felt the wear and tear of the tournament. The Romanian goalkeeper, Ioana Nita, excelled with an efficiency of 43% and was elected MVP of the match. Argentina’s offense went 15 minutes without scoring goals.
STATEMENTS
Martin Duhau, coach of the Argentine national team: “We are aware that we have a technical and tactical deficit, but we are calm because we had good passages with teams like Hungary, a very good first half and part of the second half with Norway and we beat Austria, a team that could be playing in the quarterfinals, which was left out of the Main Round due to goal difference. There is a bitter aftertaste from the match against Romania because we could not hold on, but it shows that we have something to fight for”.
Check out the match statistics! Argentina vs Romania
GOAL-SCORERS
Helena Molina (7), Isabella Patrone (3), Mara Ventos (2), Catalina Losarcos (1), Lola Nuñez (1), Mara Lopez (1), Selena Maitini (1), Delfina Arzola (1), Valentina Trejo (1), Lara Della Rata (1), Simona Manzure, Josefina Vitali, Celeste Barbaglia, Milagros Schneider, Mailen Sokalksi and Josefina Ferraro.If you liked “The closing of the World Cup for Argentina” – Read also: Chile closes its participation in the Junior World Cup with a victory.
Photo credits: IHF / Nebojsa Tejic / Kolektiff
By Rocío Mariel García Sigüenza.
