The Pumas pay for their inaccuracies and end up falling decisively against England in the Rugby World Cup

Argentina couldn’t do much in their 2023 World Cup debut in France. The Pumas lost undoubtedly against England by 27-10 in the first date of Group D which also includes the Condors.

The preparation for this duel was marked by the large domination of the European team over the South American team. Team Rosa and the felines had already faced each other 26 times. Among them, the English won 20, the Pumas won 4 and had two draws.

Of course, the last friendly duel played on November 6 last year in London, which ended 30-29 in favor of the trans-Andean team, gave him some hope. .

Added to this is the experience at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, where the Pumas won their biggest victory in the World Cup on September 22, 2007, beating Namibia 63-3 at the start of the competition in which they will remain with the bronze medal. .

With an intense start and prolonged possession in favor of Argentina, the first controversy of the duel arrived in the third minute. After a face-off, and after being warned by the VAR, the central referee of the match decided to show the yellow card to Tom Curry, forcing him to sit out for the next ten minutes. .

When taking the penalty to resume the action, Emiliano Boffelli executed between the posts and, although the oval took on a confusing effect, it passed between the posts, thus recording the first movement on the scoreboard and the Pumas took the advantage 0-3 .

Four minutes later, another penalty gave Boffelli another opportunity to score between the sticks. However, this time the ball hit the far right post. .

In the 9th minute, just after Santiago Carreras received a yellow card for attacking an Englishman late, George Ford leveled the score with a penalty between the sticks, leaving the score at 3-3 .

Of course, the joy for the Rose painting was not complete. After the referee’s analysis, the judges determined that Tom Curry’s foul merited a red card, so England had to face the next 70 minutes of competition with 14 players. .

One of the clearest options for to try for Argentina, it happened in the 23rd minute. The Pumas managed to advance to within one meter of the line of in order to. However, an infraction caused by the strong English defense cost them the opportunity to extend the score on the scoreboard.

In response, after an error leaving Argentina which gave him a alignment against England on its own territory, the Rosa team managed to take the lead on the scoreboard with a drop the goal by George Ford, leaving it 6-3 in the 27th minute. Four minutes later, from midfield, Ford repeated with another top shot to make it 9-3 partial in favor of the Europeans. .

Of course, the scoreboard continued to evolve. In the 37th minute, England advanced through the center and returned the ball to Ford that, facing the sticks, scored again with a drop the goal now move forward to 12-3 a result with which they went to rest.

Already in the second stage, England earned another penalty in the 46th minute, and just like in the first half, George Ford took it upon himself to take it and fired another shot between the sticks, extending the ahead at 15-3. Argentina then showed signs of desperation. In addition to the large advantage on the scoreboard, another factor to take into account was the inaccuracy when executing passes. .

For this reason, it is not surprising that the Rosa team increased the score further with another penalty from Ford in the 54th minute, leaving the score 18-3 in favor of the Europeans. In any case, with more courage than play, Argentina fought to try to shorten the distance, motivated by the supporters present in the room who did not stop singing. .

However, when the Pumas tried to react, England dealt them another hard blow. Ford, at this point the face of the match, scored again with a penalty, making the score 21-3 with 20 minutes to go. And there would be more, in the 66′ Ford once again left the score at 24-3 due to the trans-Andean confusion which at that point needed three tries and their respective conversions to equalize. . And before being replaced amid applause, Ford scored another penalty (75th) to bring the score to 27-3.

Already in the 80s, and as a reward he consoled himself, Rodrigo Bruni scored first to try of the match and with the conversion of Emiliano Boffelli, the match ended with a score of 27-10 .

Thus, England managed to win again against Argentina at a World Cup, as it had done the three previous times, all in the group stage: 1995, 2011 and 2019.

On the next date, the English will face Japan in Nice on Sunday September 17. For their part, the Pumas will have to wait until Friday September 22 to face Samoa at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Étienne.