The national team opened its doors to the public to witness training ahead of the clash against the Oceania team in Group D of the international rugby competition.
- Los Pumas fixture: schedule and next game
After the tight and unexpected defeat against England in the debut of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, The Pumas They are preparing for the next match against their pair of Samoa for Group D and this Wednesday They practiced open doors at the Complexe Sportif des Salines facilities, in the city of La Baule, having more than 2,000 fans.
The Argentina team started training, the team’s first activity since the start of the World Cup and under the direction of Australian Michael Cheikawith a classic warm-up, followed by movements with the ball and after an hour, The players approached the fans to sign autographs and take pictures with those present.
Following this, the forwards worked on different variations in the scrum and in the line, while the three quarters carried out attack and defense work with the ball. It will be noted that the Los Pumas team will have a day off tomorrow and will be back in action on Friday.
Also, the national team They will have a free date this week and on Friday the 22nd they will face Samoa at Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne. Then, they will play against the debutant chilli, on Saturday the 30th at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes; and finally with Japaneseon October 8 in the same episode.
The Pumas with the fans at La Baule
Hooker and former captain of Los Pumas, Agustín Creevy, after the defeat against England
Creevy, along with Andrés Bordoy, a member of the technical staff, referred to the collapse against the British team in a press conference and said “That with this kind of defeat you learn more than you think, especially for the first game of the World Cup.”
“We were all a bit disappointed with our match against England, because we didn’t show everything we’ve been training for. Unfortunately, when one doesn’t do what we do it’s disappointing.. “Equally we have to deal with it, put our minds to it and now think about what it will be like against Samoa.”he added.
For his part, Bordoy emphasized that “We are looking at what mistakes we made individually and as a group against England so that we don’t repeat them. We will be more demanding during the week in each training session and pragmatic, because We will be facing a Samoan pack that is very strong and trying to take advantage from that.”
And he added that “The analysis we did against England was that We couldn’t develop the game we played, we couldn’t get the ball and play multiple phases. From now on, they will be finals for us, we will focus on the game, we have three games ahead where we have to show everything we do.”
Finally, Bordoy emphasized the emotional side and ensured that “Losing against England hurt and hurt our pride, after training so hard. Now we have to work on the mental side to “The next match is against Samoa, which will be very difficult.”.
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Source: TÉLAM
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