The president of the UAR, on the cruel defeat of Los Pumas: “It is clear that nothing happened”

Gabriel Travaglini has left his feelings about the heavy fall in the Rugby World Cup debut against the British team.

The Pumas They suffered a heavy defeat England on the first date of Rugby World Cup and set off all alarms on the local team. Days after 27-10 fall at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, Gabriel Travaglini He spoke and left his feelings about the debut in the World Cup.

In dialogue with Infobae, the president of the Argentine Rugby Union He didn’t hold back when talking about it. poor game by the Argentine team against a rival with fewer players for most of the match. “The truth is that this is a very difficult issue, a huge disappointment for everyone, obviously the players are the main actors and the ones who suffer the most.. Because they prepared themselves in many degrees of heat, with great need, away from their families. Some may say they are professionals, but they are also human. Machines, which are not human, sometimes make mistakes and cause terrible accidents. People make mistakes“.

“Obviously nothing happened, as it could happen in those days which would have been one in a thousand, but this was our chance, and we had to face a team that was at the bottom of the well and the only way out was to climb. .. They played brilliantly, kicking balls and looking for our mistakes, we couldn’t do what we usually do and the same happened to us, and we had a big disappointment. I always have full confidence in the whole staff: the players, the coaches and everything that has been done. These things can happen“the current president of the UAR began his term in April 2022.

Travaglini also spoke from his experience as a Los Pumas player in a World Cup. (given that he was part of the team that played in the first edition of the tournament, 36 years ago) and criticized those who took advantage of pointing out the lack of attitude on the part of the Argentine cast, with a hopeful message to conclude. “It happened to me personally in the ’87 World Cup when we played against Fiji and things didn’t go well, not because we underestimated Fiji, but because things didn’t work out. There were three mistakes, two kicks at the posts that didn’t go in and that’s when we got into trouble where it was very difficult to get out of.”.

“It’s very easy to say from the outside that they don’t have the attitude, that they can’t put cold feet to bring it back. But with all the adrenaline, with the speed of the game and with the mistakes of making almost 27 penalties, which seemed a bit much to me but we made them, these things happen.; very good today “You have to turn the page and move forward.”he concluded.

The Pumas will go for much-needed recovery this Friday, when from 12:45 hrs they face off Samoa at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Étienne for date 3 of competition within Group D of the Rugby World Cup.