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Match Review ARG - BEL 1-2

Watch clips from the Argentina - Belgium game at t…Posted December 3, 2015

Belgium’s Red Lions have set up a semi-final meeting against host nation India thanks to a 2-1 win over Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Hero Hockey World League Final 2015 in Raipur.

Alexandre hendrickx gave Belgium the lead with a low, powerful penalty corner effort in the 22nd minute, before Sebastien Dockier added a second three minutes before the half time break, forcing the ball home following a goal-mouth scramble. A defensive error from Loick Luypaert was punished by Argentina’s Los Leones, with Agustin Mazzilli eliminating the goalkeeper with a perfectly placed pass into the corner of the Belgian goal. However, it proved to be only a consolation, with Belgium’s defensive line holding firm to see out the victory.

“I think we had a very good game plan, very well structured, and we play it almost to perfection”, said Belgium defender Arthur van Doren. “We made one mistake and it cost us a goal, and we almost got into a bit of trouble, and we defended hard in the final minutes but we kept it together.”

Looking ahead to his team’s semi-final meeting against host nation India, Van Doren said: “It is a big honour to play India in India, so it is something that the whole team is really looking forward to. These are the kind of games that you train all year for, the chance to play against a good Indian side in a big stadium. We will prepare well and try to get the victory.”

Argentina captain Pedro Ibarra said: “It was a very hard match for us. Belgium are a good, experienced team, and I think we played well but not well enough to win. I mean, it wasn’t a bad game for us, but we lost. It was our responsibility to win today but we couldn’t.”

Hero Man of the Match: Felix Denayer

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
BEL	22	16	HENDRICKX Alexander	PC	0 - 1
BEL	27	9	DOCKIER Sébastien	FG	0 - 2
ARG	42	26	MAZZILLI Agustin	FG	1 - 2

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
ARG	22	22	REY Matias	Y
BEL	25	14	de PAEUW Alexandre	G
BEL	26	15	STOCKBROEKX Emmanuel	G
BEL	35	16	HENDRICKX Alexander	Y
ARG	44	27	ROSSI Lucas	G
ARG	49	26	MAZZILLI Agustin	Y

ARG

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	VIVALDI Juan
X	2	PEILLAT Gonzalo
X	4	GILARDI Juan
X	5	IBARRA Pedro
Bench	8	REY Lucas
X	10	PAREDES Matias
7	11	MENINI Joaquin
X	12	VILA Lucas
Bench	13	SABAZ Julian
8	14	MASSO Luca
7	15	PAZ Diego Ignacio
X	16	ORTIZ Ignacio
7	17	LOPEZ Juan
39	21	OLEASTRO Felipe
X	22	REY Matias			1
X	24	BRUNET Manuel
X	26	MAZZILLI Agustin	1		1
X	27	ROSSI Lucas		1
		Medical Doctor	ROBY Matias
		Physiotherapist	GRAJALES Agustin
		Stand-In Manager	ARIAS Mariano
		Assistant Coach	RIVERO Rolando
		Head Coach	RETEGUI Carlos
		Team Manager	DOHERTY Alejandro

BEL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
Bench	3	GUCASSOFF Jeremy
X	4	van DOREN Arthur
X	7	DOHMEN John-John
X	8	van AUBEL Florent
5	9	DOCKIER Sébastien	1
5	10	CHARLIER Cédric
X	12	BOCCARD Gauthier
4	14	de PAEUW Alexandre		1
X	15	STOCKBROEKX Emmanuel		1
5	16	HENDRICKX Alexander	1		1
X	17	BRIELS Thomas
X	19	DENAYER Felix
X	21	VANASCH Vincent
X	22	GOUGNARD Simon
X	25	LUYPAERT Loïck
X	27	BOON Tom
4	28	TRUYENS Jérôme
4	32	COSYNS Tanguy
		Team Manager	PIRENNE Eric
		Head Coach	McLEOD Shane
		Stand-In Manager	GOLDBERG Philippe
		Medical Doctor	van DONINCK Yves
		Physiotherapist	MERTENS Tom
		Assistant Coach	van den HEUVEL Michel

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	WALKER Paul
Umpire 2	SWEETMAN David
Reserve Umpire	PRASAD Raghu
Video Umpire	MAIR Andy
Judge 1	OTI-MENSAH Frank
Judge 2	KANYANGARARA Aaron
Technical Officer	CATTON Steve

Pool A

Pool B

ARG V BEL ( QF ) Hockey World League Final Raipur 2015 (M)