Cheika, after Los Pumas’ historic victory: “I am…”

The Australian coach of the Argentine rugby team was happy with the victory and said: “the important thing is that the players believed in themselves, trusted in the game plan and everything that was previously discussed came true”.

  • Historic! The Pumas beat the All Blacks in New Zealand

the australian Michael Sheikacoach of the Argentine rugby team, stressed that today “He makes the team proud” who achieved a resounding victory over the All Blacks by 25 to 18 on the third date of the Rugby Championship tournament.

“I am proud of this team. Every day we improve the level of the game and that is reflected in the results, logically this victory makes me happy”, declared the 55-year-old Australian in the press conference after the impressive victory of Los Pumas.

The Australian coach considered the attitude shown by his coaches to be the key to achieving the transcendent victory, the second in history in New Zealand, the first in 2020 in Argentina. “I am very happy. We are doing a lot of training, we are collecting a lot of information and this match represents a great challenge for all the technical staff. I am proud of what has been achievedCheika repeated.

“The important thing is that the players believed in themselves, they trusted in the game plan and everything that was previously discussed came true against a very difficult opponent”added the happy coach.

Regarding tactics, Cheika praised the defensive system although he considered that it should continue to improve in view of future commitments. “The scrum is important. Today we didn’t have that quality in the first half and then we improved it, but we have to keep improving for the next game. Here the important thing is when the team plays for everything”Cheika’s review.

The Pumas had the strength to overturn a score that was not good and then endure the result when they were up, which allowed them to build a historic victory, entering the list of 10 most important.

The Pumas achieved something historic to maintain the high level they had already shown in their previous presentation in San Juan, when they defeated Australia 48-17.

Boffelli, figure and scorer: “They can continue to attack all night and they will not hit us”

The figure Emiliano Boffelli could not hide his feelings after the historic victory of Los Pumas against New Zealand (25-18), as a guest, for the third date of the Rugby Championship.

“We played an unbelievable game. I think they could have kept attacking all night and they wouldn’t have hit us. We knew it wasn’t going to be a perfect game, but we talked about being determined to get out of their good moments and we did. This team is a pride”Boffelli told ESPN.

And I added: “I’m excited. The first time we beat the All Blacks I was happy for the team, but I wasn’t part of it and I had a bitter taste that I wasn’t here because of injury. It’s just that, when the match was over, I remembered that moment.”.

Source: Tycsports

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