The coach of the Argentine rugby team has assured that he hopes to instill “a winning mentality” in his players and win the clash with New Zealand, this Saturday as the visitors.
The coach of the Argentine rugby team, Australian Michael Cheika, has taken a risk ahead of next Saturday’s match against his New Zealand pair who “Everyone expects the All Blacks to mess us up, the only one who has to think differently is us.”
Selections from New Zealand and Argentina will be measured next Saturday, August 27 at 4:45 (Buenos Aires time) at Oregantheory Stadium in the city of Christchurch, for the third date of the Rugby Championship tournament.
The Australian coach said “My goal is to instill a winning mentality in the Argentina team”in an interview with The Breakdown, a New Zealand program that airs on Sky Sport.
“Argentinian players have not won some matches in the Rugby Championship and so we are trying to try to get the winning mentality. And that’s something we’re trying to do.” “So confidence is one part of it and then trying to back it up on the weekend is the other part.”said.
The Pumas got it, as Cheika replaced Mario Ledesma, three wins in five games, two of them against Scotland and one against Australiaand two defeats, one against the British team and another against the Australian Wallabies.
“I’ve been to too many games against New Zealand to know what that word means to them. The truth is that everyone raised their game to face New Zealand,” he added to emphasize later: “Everyone.”
Cheika, who coached the Australian rugby team between 2014 and 2019, and later acted as a mentor during Mario Ledesma’s time at Los Pumas, knows like few others what it’s like to face the New Zealanders : “I dare not say that the All Blacks are in a state of weakness.”
The coach praised the All Blacks for showing their character and recovery two weeks ago against the Springboks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg – they won (35-23) – and ended a three-game losing streak.
The Pumas beat the All Blacks for the first time in history 25-15, on the third date of the 2020 edition of the Tri Nations, in Sydney. In the last meeting between the two teams, New Zealand defeated Los Pumas 36-13, match for the fourth date of Rugby Championship 2021 played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
Source: Telam
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