The Lions won, wowed and thrashed Peru in South American Games opener | OneFootball

After finishing third at the 2026 Hockey World Cup, Los Leones made their debut at the 2026 South American Games with a resounding win over Peru: Argentina won, impressed, and thrashed their Peruvian counterpart 22-0, getting their campaign in the tournament being held in Santa Fe off to a flying start.

The 22 goals of the match were distributed as follows: five goals by Franco Agostini (4', 12', 15', 36', and 45'); four by Mateo Torrigiani (11', 26', 43', and 51'); a hat-trick by Santiago Tarazona (19', 31', and 58'); braces by Yaco Kovalivker (11' and 39') and Joaquín Costa (46' and 47'); and one goal each from Luca Dulor (42'), Tomás Ruiz (44'), Mateo Serrano (45'), Nicolás Rodríguez (54'), Thomas Habif (54'), and Martín Ferreiro (57').

There’s not much to analyze in a match with such a wide scoreline, but it is worth highlighting that Los Leones, just like Las Leonas against Paraguay, respected their opponent from start to finish and never took their foot off the gas, thus showing respect for the team in front of them. G

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