Great Britain's women host Argentina for back-to-back friendly matches at Reading ahead of the Beijing Games
Both teams have qualified for the summer's Olympics and Argentina are ranked second in the world
The teams use the two games to show off their new kits - in Monday's first game GB wear red, switching to white for Tuesday
The Argentinians, known as "Las Leonas", won bronze in Athens and silver at Sydney
Great Britain, by contrast, failed to qualify for Athens - but did win bronze at Barcelona '92
There's a goal-mouth scramble as both sides look to follow Rebecca Herbert's opener for GB
Luciana Aymar equalises for Argentina to take the sides in level at 1-1 at half time
The British team have their own band on hand to stir the crowd - from behind the fencing
Argentina push for goals after Laura Bartlett and Hayley Brown increase GB's lead to 3-1 in the second half
Argentine stars take a moment to remonstrate with the referee as they chase the game at 3-1 down
Maria De la Paz Hernandez sets up a close finish with a second for Argentina, but Mel Clewlow wraps up a 4-2 win for GB
The GB women are next in action in June's Setanta Trophy against Germany, Ireland and South Africa
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