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SANLácar de barrameda, Spain — Canada rallied in the second half, beating an opposing goal and Cloe Lacasse’s first senior goal to defeat Argentina, 10 women, 2-0 in a foreign women’s friendly on Thursday.
Neither team showed the finishing touches in the first half on a hot afternoon at the Sanluqueño Stadium. But Canada, subsidized with reinforcements from the bench, was more damaging after the break and went ahead in the 68th minute.
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Evelyne Viens, after a great back and forth with her compatriot replacement Simi Awujo, went looking for a lost ball in the Argentine penalty area. It arrived at the same time as goalkeeper Vanina Correa and, in the resulting clash, the ball bounced off the defender. Vanessa Santana in goal.
Substitute Quinn, who goes by only one name, the game with a ball that opened the Argentine defense.
Lacasse made it 2-0 in the 82nd minute, with a goal from her replacement partner Clarissa Larisey, who bounced off the Argentine goalkeeper and fell at her feet in her first goal in 12 appearances in the senior category. A goal beaten by Viens cancelled out for offside.
Canada, ranked 7th in the world, had 66 consistent possession of the ball in the first half, but not clinically in front of goal. And when that threatened, Correa rose to the challenge. Meanwhile, Argentina No. 31 showed their ability the ball when they had it still failed to finish on goal in the first forty-five minutes.
Argentina was physical that day and Marina Delgado was sent off in the 57th minute after receiving a momentary yellow for hitting Canadian forward Adriana León with her arm and connecting with the throat after the two became entangled behind the ball. Delgado picked up his first yellow card in the 53rd minute.
The Canadians will face Morocco, number 76, on Monday at the Chapin Municipal Stadium in Jerez. The matches come in the last foreign window ahead of the Oct. 22 draw in Auckland for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Canadian coach Bev Priestman without captain Christine Sinclair, Ashley Lawrence, Vanessa Gilles, Deanne Rose, Gabrielle Carle and Jayde Rivière, all injured.
Argentina was missing players due to club commitments in the Copa Libertadores.
Midfielder Jessie Fleming, who won her 108th cap, wore the captain’s armband in Sinclair’s absence. The Canadian starter entered the game with a total of 808 caps.
Kailen Sheridan began with the purpose of a four-run defense of Allysha Chapman, Kadeisha Buchanan, Shelina Zadorsky and Bianca St-Georges. Fleming has partnered with Julia Grosso in midfield with Nichelle Prince, Janine Beckie and Leon’s forward Jordyn Huitema.
Beckie, who played fullback and wing, took on the No. 10 in Sinclair’s position.
It was a disjointed opening with either team looking to find their rhythm. Canada came close in the 10th minute after a great run and a cross from Prince, only for the game to whistle when the ball hit Leon’s arm before she took it into the box. goal.
A header from Mariana Larroquette after an Argentine corner went just up in the 15th minute.
The Argentines took no prisoners with Leon heavily knocked down 3 times and Huitema on the ground once in the first 30 minutes.
Delgado came close to scoring the ball in the 30th minute as he looked to tackle a low cross from St. Georges, who won an accurate deep pass from Fleming.
Correa made a great reflex stop to deny Leon in the 35th minute after Prince’s cross.
Priestman sent in Quinn and Viens to start half the moment, with Beckie returning to the back. And Correa had to be ready to make a one-handed stop on a header from Viens in the 49th minute.
Correa stopped a header from Buchanan from a corner in the 64th minute with Awujo and Lacasse coming off the Canadian bench shortly after. Lacasse almost scored seconds later, but his header was deflected.
Larisey came on in the 78th minute for his Canadian cap.
Like the Canadian Olympic champion, Argentina and Morocco qualified for the 2023 exhibition, which will take place from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
Argentina booked its prize ticket thanks to its third-place finish at the Copa America Femenina in July in Colombia.
The Canadians had won the last five games with Argentina, beating the South Americans 12-1. But Canada scored a goal from Sarah Stratigakis in the 90th minute to win 1-0 in their last meeting, in February 2021 at the SheBelieves Cup in Orlando.
The last 3 games, adding the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the 2011 Pan American Games, have all been through a single goal.
The Canadian Olympic champions have posted a 9-2-3 record this year, with losses coming from top-ranked United States (1-0 in July in the CONCACAF W Championship final) and eighth-ranked Spain (1-0 in February in the Arnold Clark Cup).
They had won (1-0 and 2-1) against No. 12 Australia in September.
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