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Argentina scoring 44 goals yesterday (20-6 half-time) is no measure because the Dominican Republic are weak technically, which meant a lot of easy counter attack goals. Argentina are definitely not great offensively, but they proved they can play great defense. They had 7-15 against France, 8-14 against Slovenia in the first half at the WC in Russia, and those teams are the best in the generation. The games against opponents of similar quality were mostly evened out in the first half, both in the WC and the cadet championship two years ago. While getting ready for this tournament, Argentina won the tournament at home, and they dominated with their defense, 19-11 against Paraguay stands out. Besides, Paraguay beat USA 24-22, and USA are a afster team, with a much more hollow defense, and still, Paraguay didn't do so much there. Their only over was against Venezuela, 16-11, in the IHF Trophy last season. And nobody scored over 12 in the first half, which is relevant here because they won't do it against the Argentinian defense. They had 12-9 against Uruguay, allowing only 16 goals in the first 52 minutes. This is a duel for the first place, and getting through directly to the semifinal, so I expect the first half of the game to be quite tough.