Men Hockey: Argentina lost against Spain and was eliminated from the Olympics

England, August 5, 2012

The National Hockey Men team fell 3-1 against Spain and was eliminated from the competition, but they have yet to play a match against South Africa.

Lucas Vila, at 20 minutes of the second half, opened the scoring for the team led by Pablo Lombi, but in the final five minutes Spain overturned the history with goals from Pau Quemada, at 31, Miguel Delas, at 32 and Eduard Tubau, at 35.

Argentina shares the last place in Group A with South Africa, who is his rival on Tuesday at the close of the initial phase.