Juan Gilardi
Chennai: A controversial winner that went against Argentina in their semifinal loss had many, including the opponents Spain, sympathising. A forehand drive by Bruno Avila from outside the 23-metre line that appeared to have caught Albert Serrahima's stick (or a possible body touch) was later declared a goal.
Understandably, this had the Argentinian head coach Juan Gilardi fuming that left him with a sense of their team being robbed of a final spot.
"It's not possible to lose a match like that when you are playing to reach the final. They (umpires) allowed the goal. Even the Spanish player was asking for a penalty corner and not for the goal," Gilardi, the 2016 Olympic gold medallist, told DH.
"We are not happy with the way that we lost that match. There have been many unfair decisions against Argentina in the whole tournament. We got a lot of cards for nothing.
"Even the managers of the umpires, they say that it was not a goal. They kind of apologised for it, but not the main umpires. They should contact me or the team manager and say: 'sorry, we made a mistake' and that's it. But the umpires are not used to apologising."