Argentina finished 22nd in the Women’s World Cup. “La Garra” lived a World Cup full of effort, courage and growth.
Her debut, although she was unable to beat the Netherlands (25-32 loss), she showed a combative attitude and signs that she was ready to leave everything in every match.
Tour of “La Garra” (The Claw)
In the group stage, they lost twice, to the Netherlands and Austria 27-23, but managed to consolidate their position thanks to a convincing victory over Egypt 27-14, which allowed them to advance to the second round.
In the Main Round, they came up against high level teams, losing to Poland 28-25 and to France 29-17, closing their participation against Tunisia with a great victory by the minimum difference 30-29.
“La Garra” fought to the end in the closing stages of the championship with a decisive goal by Giuliana Gavilán after a millimetric assist by Elke Karsten, who had been the team’s top scorer in the tournament with 35 goals.
Thanks to this victory, Argentina ended its participation with two wins, against Egypt and Tunisia, and four losses, placing 22nd overall.
Still and Conclusions
Argentina showed personality, good defensive character, ability to react, had passages of great level in matches that escaped them in the second half (Austria and Poland)
After all, and above all showed that it is a national team that is still under construction.
Another positive point has been the debut of new players in a World Cup, the combativeness against European powers and the determination until the end show a path of growth.
Then, Argentina demonstrated on the field the consolidation of a collective competitive identity against European powers with attitude, dedication and defensive order.
The final victory strengthens the team’s confidence and shows its resilience.
All things considered, there was an outstanding production by Elke Karsten and the appearance of new offensive variants showing signs of progress.
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By Loly Coria
