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AUS V ARG ( Pool A ) Olympic Games London 2012

AUS
2 - 2
ARG

Match Review AUS - ARG 2-2

Goals

Team Minute Shirt # Player Action Score
AUS 11 8 BUTTURINI Matthew PC 1 - 0
AUS 35 1 DWYER Jamie FG 2 - 0
ARG 37 4 VILA Matias FG 2 - 1
ARG 68 28 PEILLAT Gonzalo PC 2 - 2

Cards

Team Minute Shirt # Player Type
ARG 62 18 MONTELLI Santiago G
AUS 68 9 KNOWLES Mark Y
ARG 69 9 VILA Rodrigo Y

AUS

Minute Shirt # Name Goals Green Yellow Red
X
 1 DWYER Jamie 1
Bench
 2 DE YOUNG Liam
X
 3 ORCHARD Simon
Bench
 4 TURNER Glenn
Bench
 5 CIRIELLO Chris
Bench
 8 BUTTURINI Matthew 1
X
 9 KNOWLES Mark 1
Bench
 10 FORD Russell
X
 11 OCKENDEN Eddie
X
 15 CARROLL Joel
X
 16 GOHDES Matt
X
 19 DEAVIN Timothy
X
 20 SWANN Matthew
X
 22 BURGERS Nathan
X
 27 GOVERS Kieran
X
 31 KAVANAGH Fergus

ARG

Minute Shirt # Name Goals Green Yellow Red
X
 1 VIVALDI Juan
Bench
 3 BERGNER Ignacio
X
 4 VILA Matias 1
X
 5 IBARRA Pedro
X
 7 CALLIONI Facundo
X
 8 REY Lucas
Bench
 9 VILA Rodrigo 1
Bench
 10 PAREDES Matias
X
 11 CAMMARERI Lucas
X
 12 VILA Lucas
X
 17 LOPEZ Juan
Bench
 18 MONTELLI Santiago 1
X
 24 BRUNET Manuel
Bench
 26 MAZZILLI Agustin
X
 27 ROSSI Lucas
X
 28 PEILLAT Gonzalo 1

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role Official
Umpire 1 PRASAD Raghu
Umpire 2 WRIGHT John
Reserve Umpire VAN EERT Roel
Judge 1 AGUILERA Antonio
Judge 2 de SALES Claudius
Technical Officer QUAYE KUMAN Nii

Argentina came back from a 2-goal deficit to tie Australia and earn their first point of the competition. Australia seemed to have the game well under control at half-time and will certainly regret the many wasted opportunities in second half that cost them a third win.

Both teams started the early morning match slowly, then the Kookaburas suddenly picked up the pace to threaten Juan Manuel Vivaldi in the Argentinean goal. Argentina followed suit, earning a penalty-corner after a swift counter-attack, and an interesting option between Lucas Vila and Lucas Rey nearly did the trick.

The scare was too much for Australia and they grabbed the lead in their next breath on a penalty-corner, Matthew Butturini picking up the rebound after a strong save on the line by Manuel Brunet behind his keeper. The Kookaburas started to control play in midfield, reducing the Argentinean progress to counter-attacks or long balls to their high forwards.

Juan Manuel Vivaldi was called into action a few times on violent Australian shots and on a messy goal mouth scramble following a penalty-corner, but it is only with a few seconds left in the period that Jamie Dwyer added a second goal, his forth of the competition, after pouncing on a loose ball mishandled by an Argentinean defender.

The two-goal lead at the interval reflected the overall domination of the top ranked team. However, the break was beneficial to Argentina and Matias Vila was at the conclusion of a counter-attack to score in the first minute of second period, reducing the gap to one goal and changing the dynamics of the match.

Australia had multiple scoring opportunities in second half but their shots were wide, high or hit the post, and Juan Manuel Vivaldi took care of those on target. Argentina were far less wasteful and scored on their first penalty-corner of the period by Gonzalo Peillat to tie the score with a few minutes left on the clock.

The end of game was heated, with green and yellow cards handed out and a video-referral refusal for Argentina that drew loud boos from the crowd, but the score stood at 2-2, giving Argentina their first point of the tournament while the Australians, who appeared to have the game well under control at half-time, will certainly regret their many wasted opportunities in second half.

(Yan Huckendubler)

  • Match 13
  • Date Fri, 3 Aug 2012
  • Time 08:30
  • Pool/Class Pool A
  • Venue
Hero Odisha Nagra Dream11 Osaka Polytan

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