Black Sticks continue to struggle

Published: 7:41AM Thursday May 15, 2008 Source: ONE Sport

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The Black Sticks went down 2-1 to Argentina on Wednesday night at the Azlan Shah Tournament in Malaysia.

Argentina completely dominated the opening 20 minutes scoring in the eighth minute from the field and in the 15th from a heavily disputed penalty stroke.

NZ pulled it back to 2-1 seven minutes from half time when Ben Collier shot home from the field.

Just before halftime New Zealand was awarded their first penalty corner of the match, but unfortunately Hayden Shaw's flick hit the cross bar.

In the second half, the Black Sticks completed dominated territory and possession, and were awarded five penalty corners, compared to Argentina's one.

However the New Zealanders failed to find the equaliser.  Manager Kevin Marr said that while the result was disappointing, New Zealand's overall performance against one of the form teams of the tournament, was pleasing.

The side's next match is Thursday night.

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