The coach of the Argentine rugby team, who is waiting for Ireland or New Zealand, made sure that the team deserves this classification.
Michael CheikaArgentina rugby coach, declared this Saturday, after the victory against Wales in Marseille (17-29) and the classification of The Pumas for the semifinals of the World Cupthat in the next duel will not be favourites, “that’s for sure”, but specified that they will give their all against Ireland or New Zealand.
“I don’t want to get emotional, but these players are very good kids. They worked hard and I think we saw the result of that work at the end of the game”Cheika said.
The Australian coach said his players were ““They want to give everything” and “They want to be worthy of this classification”. “We were behind on the scoreboard, so we have to make an effort. The whole group put in a lot of effort, even the ten that didn’t score”he added.
“We are delighted to go to Paris, something we haven’t done since the start of the World Cup. We will watch the match tonight (between Ireland and New Zealand). We will not be favorites (in the semi-finals), that is for sure, but we’ll give it our all“, said.
When and who will Los Pumas play in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup?
The Pumas won against the Welsh national team to return to the World Cup semifinals after eight years and now face the Friday, October 20 at 4 pm (Argentine time) in Saint Denis who won the match between Ireland and the All Blacks.
Source: Tycsports
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