Belgium struggled for most of the times against Argentina after conceding a counter goal in the first quarterfinal, but its captain Victor Wegnez came out with a stunner just one minute and 26 seconds remained for the hooter.
Capitalizing on the life-saver, Belgium went on to win the shoot out easily after two Argenitna players missed out within first four takes.
Fittingly enough, the same captain Victor converted his part in the shoot out and then did what the winners do, going on cloud nine.
Argentina captain Maico Casella capitalized after receiving a feed from other flank, and tapped in the high ball in to the net in the 44th minute.
Till then its Belgium that kept the attack almost but the counter changed the course of the match.
Till conceding the goal, Belgium has got three penalty corners but Fabrice van Bockrijck could not penetrate the wall of Argentina goalie Emiliano Bosso.
After the goal, Belgium pressed hard, Argentina showing no urgency in attack focussing on defending.
Belgium’s hard work resulted in a flurry of goals, in all they got nine but neither Fabrice or his replacement for the drill Kino Antoine could break the Argentina citadel.
In fact, the lanky Kina even missed out penalty stroke that came off third of the continuous penalty corners that his team got in the space of two minutes from 58th.
In the penalty shoot out, Maico Casella and Ieena aNocolas missed out while all the four Belgium was sharp