“We had a lot of pressure,” said Cheika after Los Pumas won

The Australian head coach was overjoyed after the Argentine Rugby Team’s first victory in the group stage despite expressing a measure of self-criticism.

The Pumas achieved their first victory at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France by beating Samoa 19-10 for the second group stage date after a debut loss against England and the head coach, Michael Cheika, He was more happy with the victory than the performance of his team.

“We were under pressure and there was a lot at stake and that’s why I liked it. We left happy to have won in this way. We didn’t play badly, we did a lot of good things, like high pressure in defense. However, we need to be more effective in attack and I didn’t like that we allowed the try.”, The Australian reviewed after the match.

“In the first half or even the first 60 minutes, we ran more strongly in space and created a lot of danger in attack, but at the end of the game we made longer passes, which was not in our plans. We need to improve the ruck and we need to be more disciplined. Now we weren’t bad, but we generated 11 penalties. We don’t need to reach 10 because that means losing territory.”lamented the excessive self-criticism of the head coach of the The Pumas

However, he highlighted the enthusiasm of the victory that accompanied the Argentine public in Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, from the city of Saint–Etienne: “The most important thing is to win. But I’m happier for people. Because we are not in Vélez or in Marseille is good and The support from people today is incredible. All the effort and effort we put into these games shows better in their songs listening to each other.”

How the Rugby World Cup is going

DATE 3

• Italy 38-17 Uruguay | Group A
• France 96-0 Namibia | Group A
• Argentina 19-10 Samoa | Group D
• Georgia – Portugal | Group C | Saturday, September 23, at 9:00 am.
• England – Chile | Group D | Saturday, September 23, at 12:45 pm
• South Africa – Ireland | Group B | Saturday, September 23, at 4:00 pm.
• Scotland – Tonga | Group B | Sunday, September 24, at 12:45 pm
• Wales – Australia | Group C | Sunday, September 24, at 4:00 pm.

When will Los Pumas play again?

• Date 4: Compared to Chile | Saturday, September 20, at 10
• Date 5: Compared to Japan | Sunday, October 8, at 8

What Los Pumas said after the victory against Samoa

“We came to win and we did it. I am very proud of the attitude of the team during the 80 minutes. There are many things to improvebut last week we said we had to take a step forward and we did it. After England, we realized where we were and understood where we had to improve“he said Julian Montoya in the same line as Michael Cheika.

For his part, the scorer (who made 16 of the 19 points) Emiliano Boffelli that is highlighted “The team never deviates from what was planned; it never skips steps and always seeks to bet on its passing game”. However, he regretted the short-term results: “We lacked scoring, but we took a step forward.”

Pablo Matera He also highlighted the team’s spirit as the match progressed: “Last game we couldn’t find our game. Maybe today we didn’t play our best rugby and there’s a lot to correct, but what we set out to do from the first minute was to keep the attitude of going for the win. .”

“We won the first of three finals in a very tough match against a team with a lot of reinforcements,” sentenced Mathias Moroni at the back of 19-10 against Samoa in second date of the group stage of the World Cup France after a debut loss against England.