Argentina marks its first point in the history of the Women's World Cup against Japan

According to the results, the scoreless draw between Japan and Argentina was a boring stalemate, but that would not do justice to what Argentina did on a sweet Parisian night at Parc de Princes.

Argentina had lost its previous six World Cup matches by a cumulative score of 33-2. Indeed, the outsiders were playing against Japan in 7th place worldwide, or 30 places above Argentina in the FIFA rankings.

"First of all, I congratulate my players," coach Carlos Borrello said. "The fact that they see your game plan makes you very satisfied, as a coach." For all the women's football in Argentina, I find it great that Argentina is starting to get serious. flourish.

"We have started to get support from the federation, and the results in these situations often help us a lot, which will allow us to continue along this fantastic path."

The team did not play any matches in 2016 and most of 2017 due to lack of funding, but came back to the game at the Copa America Femenina last year . The qualification for the World Cup – the first in Argentina since 2007 – is concretized by a victory in the playoffs against Panama.

Historical result

Comfortable possession of the ball, Japan dominated the midfielder, but it was only in second half that the defense of Argentina was truly troubled.

Despite all the good passes of Japan and shine of brilliance of Estefania Banini during the rare incursions of Argentina in the half-opponent, neither team managed to frame the shot on goal at during the first 45 minutes.

There were shouts of "Argentina, Argentina" in the pockets of the 25,055 spectators of the Parc des Princes, and the decibels increased each time the Argentines entered the opposing territory, looked like taking the three points.

A draw was, however, quite surprising.