PENALTY DRAMA: Great Britain men's hockey shootout win in Argentina

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Britain's men took two points from a pulsating encounter in Santiago del Estero. A draw and a bonus point from the shootout was the least Paul Revington's side deserved in a blood-and-thunder encounter.

With Britain coming into the game on the back of a super 3-0 win over the Netherlands, this game exploded into life as Maico Casella opened the scoring with a third minute penalty corner, only for Jack Waller to score with a super finish just two minutes later.

Phil Roper thought he had given Britain soon afterwards with a brilliant finish, and it was not immediately clear why the goal was disallowed.

Sam Ward and Argentina's Agustin Bugallo were both shown yellow cards as the game continued to be a high tempo affair, and it was a surprise the game finished at 1-1.

Britain thought they should have had a penalty corner in the final minute but the umpires did not agree with our referral that the ball was deliberately played off behind the back line.

So it was one point apiece for the draw, with an extra point available in a shootout. Argentina went one up, and both sides then thought they'd scored, only for it to be deemed outside the eight seconds allowed. Phil Roper scored beautifully, and with James Albery given the chance to win the shootout, he took the chance expertly.
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