ARG V JPN ( QF 4 ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Buenos Aires 2015

ARG

2 - 1

JPN

Match Review ARG - JPN 2-1

ARG v JPN 1/4 Final HighlightsPosted June 13, 2015

Match 25: QF 4 ARG v JPN 2-1 (0-1)

Argentina walked away with a 2-1 over Japan to reach the top four at the Argentina Hockey World League in Semi-Final in Buenos Aires. The Leones will now face Canada in Saturday’s semi-final.

Matias Paredes put his Leones ahead after 7 minutes when he got a touch on Lucas Vila’s fantastic pass. The Leones were in good control of the match but Japan defended hard to keep the score at one until halftime.

In the second half, the Samurais got a few chances through counter-attacks that they could not convert. Despite being the better side for much of the match, Argentina failed to double their lead. Their first penalty corner arrived 8 minutes before the end of the match. Gonzalo Peillat (52’) sneaked the dragflick in under Japanese goalie Suguru Shimmoto to increase the lead to 2-1 marking his fourth goal at this event.

However, the Samurais recovered quickly and pulled one back through Toshiro Tachibana (53’) just one minute later. Japan fought hard to get the equaliser forcing another penalty corner through Hiroki Sakamoto. However, the shot was nicely saved by Argentine goalie Juan Vivaldi to keep the 2-1 lead.

Thoughts on the match

Carlos Retegui
“We are very happy that the classification for the Olympic Games is almost reality. Today was a very difficult match for us. The match reminded me on our qualification match for the 2014 World Cup in Johor, Malaysia.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
ARG	7	10	PAREDES Matias	FG	1 - 0
ARG	52	2	PEILLAT Gonzalo	PC	2 - 0
JPN	53	32	TACHIBANA Toshiro	FG	2 - 1

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
JPN	57	26	MURATA Kazuma	G
JPN	58	23	SAKAMOTO Hiroki	G

ARG

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals
X	1	VIVALDI Juan
X	2	PEILLAT Gonzalo	1
X	4	GILARDI Juan
X	5	IBARRA Pedro
X	7	CALLIONI Facundo
X	10	PAREDES Matias	1
7	11	MENINI Joaquin
X	12	VILA Lucas
Bench	14	TREVISAN Pablo
14	16	ORTIZ Ignacio
X	17	LOPEZ Juan
7	19	DELLA TORRE Nicolas
37	20	IBARRA Isidoro Carlos
X	22	REY Matias
X	24	BRUNET Manuel
6	26	MAZZILLI Agustin
X	27	ROSSI Lucas
Bench	30	BERTHOLD Joaquin
		Team Manager	BLANCO Javier
		Head Coach	RETEGUI Carlos
		Assistant Coach	RONCONI Mariano
		Medical Doctor	FEIJOO Pablo
		Physiotherapist	CAMMARERI Matias
		Stand-In Manager	RIVERO Rolando
		Video Technician	LINDOLFO Javier

JPN

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
Bench	1	TAKASE Katsuya
X	3	KAYUKAWA Koji
X	5	SHIOKAWA Naoto
X	6	MITANI Genki
X	7	ONO Tomonori
X	8	KITAZATO Kenji
3	9	FUJIMOTO Ippei
X	11	KAWAKAMI Kei
X	14	NAGASAWA Katsuyoshi
X	15	YAMASHITA Manabu
6	18	ZENDANA Hirotaka
X	19	TANAKA Kenta
X	23	SAKAMOTO Hiroki		1
Bench	25	WAKURI Hirotaka
3	26	MURATA Kazuma		1
3	28	HOSHI Suguru
X	31	SHIMMOTO Suguru
5	32	TACHIBANA Toshiro	1
		Head Coach	KANG Keonwook
		Stand-In Manager	FUJIHARA Nobuyuki
		Physiotherapist	SEKIYA Kosuke
		Team Manager	TERAMOTO Yuji