What Michael Cheika had to say about his future at Los Pumas after the defeat in England

The coach of the national rugby team has confirmed that he has not yet decided whether he will continue or end his cycle, after losing to England in the race for third place. “I didn’t even think about it,” he said.

Michael Cheikacoach The Pumasavoided giving details on whether he would continue to lead the team or whether he would end his cycle, after a 26-23 loss against England in the fight for third place Rugby World Cup France 2023.

“I have no idea; I never even thought about it“I will go to Argentina before the end of the year and we will talk about how things went and what the future is, but this is not what I am thinking about now.”said the Australian head coach.

In that sense, speaking to Olé, he emphasized that he has a “very good relationship with the UAR” and did not exclude that he will be replaced by Felipe Contepomi, who is his main assistant: “Of course Contepomi is close, he is very good as a coach. This is the conversation we will have together to decide what is the best situation for Los Pumas in the coming years. If we think that the best thing is to go to the next step with Felipe, we do that. It doesn’t matter if I’m on the team or not, I want this team to be able to win, be successful, and it has a big part of my heart. “I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, we didn’t talk about this before, today I’m very calm.”

In addition, he clarified his pain in the fall against the English team. “I’m very disappointed for everyone, our fans, our peoplebecause I think we deserved to win and for one reason or another we didn’t do it,” he expressed.

Cheika’s analysis of Los Pumas’ defeat against England

Michael Cheika assured that the party was defined “by small margins.” “We had a kick that was blocked and we stayed there really well when we got close. We were unlucky in some things, but we were still in the game. But that’s what it really means,” he said.

In this regard, he emphasized that the team had a “great campaign” and that “the players are more deserving today.” “I’m frustrated with the way the sport is run, the way matches are refereed and the consistency. “My players have worked for two years to achieve something,” express.

“I know we’re one of the lower countries, we’re not England, New Zealand, South Africa or some of those teams.“But at the end of the day it’s hard and I feel for the guys, who deserve more than what they got today.”he judged.