Great Britain v Argentina Women’s Olympic Hockey Betting Odds

Team GB face tough semi against world champions

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Great Britain v Argentina Women’s Olympic Hockey betting is the semi final match up to look at. Great Britain qualified in second spot from their group behind the Netherlands and almost blew their chances after a strong start to their campaign. Suffering a 2-1 defeat against China in their penultimate match, put them at huge risk of going out because they faced the Dutch in the final game. Team GB lost that match 2-1, but they were offered a lifeline as China blew their lines against bottom side Japan. Had the Chinese won that, they would have qualified ahead of Team GB. So can the British Women’s Hockey side go one step further and guarantee themselves a medal at the London 2012 Olympics? Well, they are going to have a tough side against the current World Cup holders and the number one ranked side in the world. Argentina took the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games, but along with the Netherlands are one of the favourites to get the gold.

Argentina did suffer a couple of surprise results during their group stage, taking a shock defeat against the USA and being held to a 0-0 draw with Australia. So there are maybe signs that there are weaknesses, but they have also flexed their muscles with wins over Germany, New Zealand and a 7-1 thrashing of South Africa. The South Americans will be favourites in this semi final match and Team GB are going to have to dig deep. They need to get themselves more organised at the back, because the Argentina Lionesses are pretty clinical and ruthless when going forward. How much will those back to back defeats in the group stage have hurt Britain’s confidence too?

Great Britain v Argentina Women’s Olympic Hockey betting odds at online bookmaker Bet365
Argentina Evens, Team GB 9/4, Draw 3/1

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