The national team came back from a 0-12 deficit to win the match 15-12 against Germany in the competition debut. Now, they must meet in the round of 16 against South Africa.
The Condors made history at the Rugby 7s World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. The national cast managed to settle into the round of 16 of the competition after circling an 0-12 against .
Based on effort, the second half was totally dominated by the nationals. Clemente Armstrong scored the first try on a conversion from Vicente Tredinick. Then it was the turn of Benjamín Videla who supported in the end zone, although Tredinick missed the free kick.
So, with the score tied at 12-12, the definition should have gone all the way to the golden point. In this case, a penalty executed by Tredinick allowed Chile to claim victory and reach the round of 16 for the first time in a specialized World Cup. .
In addition, with this Chile guaranteed to have, at least, 16th place in the Cup, its best historical ranking. In the previous two events, Mar del Plata 2001 and San Francisco 2018, the Cóndores fell on their debut and both times were seeded 17th.
After the match Julio Blanc gave his impressions of the duel. “The match is won by losing 12-0, scoring a try, having a lot of patience in defense especially . It was not going for us and now we were talking about it, the key game could have been that tackle on the five that gave us the strength, the security to be able to move forward. There we said to ourselves ‘it’s up to us’ ”.
He then added that “it represents a lot of work, it represents a group that has left a lot of things behind to get to this point and represents the whole Chilean rugby federation which shows that we are doing things right . But already with the XV of France and us being able to improve the note of the last World Cups, that means that the federation is doing things very well ”.
Regarding the game against South Africa, he acknowledged that “it’s a dream to play with the owners of the house, at home, with the public against, but enjoy it, enjoy it, make the most of it and watch each other as equals . In the seven, everything is possible, we have shown this on other occasions in previous processes”.
From now on, the team under the technical direction of Edmundo Olfos will have to face South Africa at 1:03 p.m. in Chile.
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Source: Latercera

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