Spain will fight to be seventh in Hong Kong after falling in the quarterfinals against New Zealand

Spain and Argentina They were playing for a place in the quarterfinals in the game that opened Saturday’s program, a duel resolved in extra time because Carlota Caicoya He dropped the oval in the goal zone when he was preparing to pose, with the clock at zero, the test of victory for the national team.

Talia Rodich opened the scoring for the South Americans by surpassing their pair with an electric one-on-one but Juana Stella tied on the last play of the first half, with an 80-meter run after Carmen Miranda free your arms to serve a magnificent pass in contact.

Mariana Escalantewith a personal move in ‘dribbling’, and Miranda herself scored in the second half before the error of Caicoyawhich led to an extension resolved by Denisse Gortázarwhich planted the ‘golden point’ after taking a penalty shot five meters from the Argentine goal zone (17-12).

New Zealandcurrent world and Olympic champion, was an unapproachable obstacle for the Spanish in a quarterfinal that began with a free hit against the Oceanic team due to an irregular center kick, which took advantage Caicoya to open the scoring after collecting a ball released by Marta Cantabrana.

Kelsey Teneti tied in the first attack of the New Zealanders, who at half-time already dominated the match by 5-17 thanks to the trials of Jorja Miller and of Risi Pouri-Lanewho caught the oval after she tackled a Spanish player and ran sixty meters to the end zone.

In the second half, in which Spain was outnumbered for two minutes due to a foul by Olivia Fresneda, the ‘Black Ferns’ They expanded their victory with another three tries from, again, Pouri-Lane, Stacey Waaka and Mahina Paul.