2015 Worlds of Rink Hockey: Argentina knocks down Spain in Final
In an ultimate game of high level, Argentina knocked down Spain to get the 2015 World Title of Rink Hockey. Back on the last day of competition...
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Ultimate Day of Competition at the 2015 Worlds of Rink Hockey
The ultimate day of competition started with the last Classification games before the finals.
15th place game: Great Britain 6 — 5 South Africa
The game for the 15th place witnesses Great Britain imposing itself against South Africa. The Britons clearly dominate the first period, with no less than 5 goals against 0 for South Africa. But South Africa catches up on the scores thanks to Araujo. The very last Brittish goal will make the difference.
13th place game: Colombia 4 — 2 Netherlands
The two teams battle for the 13th place. Imposing themselves against the Netherlands, Colombia sends the Dutch to Group B.
11th place game: Brazil 5 — 3 Austria
Despite the toughness of the Austrian game, the Brazilians manage to make the difference, and get the 11th place at the general ranking of the 2015 Worlds of Rink Hockey.
9th place game: Angola 4 — 3 Switzerland
The two teams fight back and forth. They take leave of each other at the break with a 1-1 tie.
The second period turns in favour of the players of Angola who end up 9th of the Worlds. They did a great competition start in standing up to the Spanish. There is no doubt they will get themselves talked about during the next edition.
7th place game: Mozambique 8 — 5 Chile
The first period finishes on a 2-2 tie. The second period is a festival of goals from both sides, at the end of which Mozambique finally imposes itself 8 to 5.
5th place game: Italy 6 — 3 France
After their loss against the Argentinean future world champions, the French meet Italy for the 5th place.
Tataranni opens the score right away for Italy. Despite a nice attempt by Sébastien Furstenberger, the French don’t make any headway. the Italians are threatening and Illuzzi scores the second goal of the Squadra Azzurra soon after.
After less than 7 minutes of game, Italy adds a 3rd goal, by Ambrosio, well served by Motaran.
France wakes up and Remi Herman scores at the 15th minute.
Score at the break: 3-1 for Italy
Back from the break, France is in better condition. They could have made the most of the 10th Italian penalty but don’t manage to convert their direct foul shot. Worse, Italy uses the counter-attack to bump up the bill (goal by Illuzi).
Florent David offers a breath of air to France in scoring a second goal.
Then comes the 10th French penalty. The direct foul shot is first stopped by Buanec, before Motaran shoots in the crossbar.
The game gets tense. The French are resourceful but suffer from the Italian counter-attacks. Tataranni gets a blue card, which doesn’t prevent his team to add another goal.
An end-game penalty brings a new point to the French but it is not enough. Italy gets the 5th place in front of France.
Small final: Bronze for Portugal
Germany and Portugal fight for the bronze. The first period quickly turns in favour of Portugal, who scores four times in a row by Silva (4′), Costa (11′), Nelder Nunes (18′) and Gonçalo Alves (19′).
Back from the break, Germany pushes to catch up on the score. Karschau scores twice, at 24′ and 30′, followed by Peink at 33′. Portugal in only one point ahead but they handle their lead: Rodriguez (37′), Costa (38′) and Neves (38′) widen the gap for good.
Final: Spain 1 — 6 Argentina
The Argentineans teach an old school lesson about rink hockey to the (former) best team in the world! And yet, the Spanish open the score with a corner shot by Bargallo and control the start of the game.
Argentina goes all out and answers back 5 minutes later with Ordonnez, and then Parez, twice. While the Spanish implement their famous collective and technical game, the Argentineans are of rare audacity and dexterity… True Maradonas on wheels!
Score at the break: 3-1 for Argentina
Spain comes back invigorated from the break. The team leans on Pedro Gil who enters the court, but the latter finds the opposite post in his way. Argentina keeps on with the technical exhibition and Ordonnez scores on a direct foul shot at the 10th Spanish penalty. Despite a counter attack by Jordi Bargallo for Spain, Nicolia widens the gap in favour of Argentina with an impressive lob shot. Ordonnez does it again a few seconds later, bringing the final score to 6 to 1 in favour of Argentina. Hats off!
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Translation: Chloe Seyres
Photos: organisation
