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Argentina, South Africa 2-2 Draw

30 july 2023

Argentina, South Africa 2-2 Draw

  • [Women's World Cup] It's Hard to Win the First Round... Argentina, South Africa 2-2 Draw

Argentina and South Africa, who have yet to win in the FIFA Women's World Cup finals, share one point in their head-to-head encounter.

Argentina, 28th in the FIFA rankings, and South Africa, 54th, drew 2-2 in the second match of Group G of the 2023 Australia-New Zealand Women's World Cup held at Dunedin Stadium in New Zealand on the 28th.

Both teams recorded 1 point from 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage. 토토사이트

The goal difference is also the same at -1, but South Africa (3 goals) is ahead of Argentina (2 goals) in scoring and is in 3rd place, while Argentina remains in 4th place.

Sweden and Italy lead the group with 3 points each.

The two teams face off in the second round on the 29th.

South Africa earned their first points in World Cup finals with a draw on the day.

South Africa, which entered the World Cup finals for the first time at the 2019 French tournament,

Withdrew with a loss in all three matches, and lost 1-2 to Sweden in the first game of this tournament held on the 23rd.

Argentina won their third draw in the World Cup finals.

In 2003 and 2007, Argentina lost all three matches, but in 2019, when they returned to the finals after 12 years, they left 2 draws and 1 loss.

In this tournament, after losing 0-1 to Italy in the first leg, they won the point that day.

South Africa took the lead with Linda Motlhalo's goal in the 30th minute of the first half, and Tembi Katlana's goal in the 21st minute of the second half seemed to be getting closer to their first win.

Katlana, who assisted Mottlehalo's opening goal, finished a low cross from the right side of the penalty area sent by Jermaine Supposunwe after intercepting the ball from an opponent with her right foot in front of the goal.

However, in the 29th minute of the second half, from the right side of the penalty arc,

Sophia Brown scored a 'wonder goal' with a right-footed mid-range shot and went in pursuit.

Five minutes later, after a cross from Yamila Rodriguez, Romina Núñez's header equalized, giving Argentina one point.

In the first game, South African players, who failed to maintain a two-goal lead after scoring the opening goal against Sweden,

Who ranked third in the previous tournament, were not bright even though they scored the first points in the finals.

South African striker Hilda Magaia, who is a member of Sejong Sports Toto in the Korean women's unemployment soccer WK league ,

Started and played full-time following the first leg in which she scored a goal.