2023-07-09 19:44:28
The objective of the Argentine U20 team, Los Pumitas, was to be among the best teams in the World Cup that is played in South Africa.
But during the tournament the goals changed for Argentina, which this Sunday beat Japan 45-20 (partial 24-7) in the semifinals for ninth place in the World Cup in the category and confirmed its place in next year’s edition. This is excellent news for national youth rugby.
The next step for the team led by Álvaro Galindo will be to face Fiji, which beat Italy 41-26, on Friday at 9.30 for ninth place.
Galo Álvarez Quiñones, the team’s assistant coach from Córdoba, made an assessment of the victory once morest Japan: “It was a very tough match, beyond the bulky result. The first half we ended up winning well, being better than Japan. However, we felt the rival pressure when at the beginning of the second half they scored a try and two penalties. But we were able to cope with it as we scored quickly followingwards. I think the key was our grouped game and our forward game; when we attacked vertically we were able to get into the Japanese defense and work our tries from there. We must work on the defense even more, they got away from us at the ends. We will analyze that to play once morest Fiji. We are very happy, since we achieved a great victory, something that was very important for the whole group«.
The Argentine team came to this instance following two consecutive defeats, the first once morest Georgia (0-20) and the second once morest South Africa (16-24), and they sought to redeem themselves to finish the tournament in the best possible way. In the first five minutes, it seemed that Japan was also going to bring nightmares to Los Pumitas, since the Asian team was going to strike first with their captain Yoshiki Omachi’s try. However, Argentina was going to wake up to then support four tries to go to the break 24-7.
The second half started like the first, with Japan scoring a try to hope for victory following the effectiveness of their fly half Kanjiro Naramoto following the conversion and two more successful penalties in the first 12 minutes to put the game 24-20. However, the Argentine team would wake up once more and find the necessary spaces to settle the match 45-20.
The final of the tournament will be played on Friday by France, who beat England 52-341 with Ireland, who beat local South Africa 31-12.
Synthesis of Argentina’s victory
Argentina: Tomas Bartolini, Juan Manuel Vivas and Renzo Zanella; Federico Rolotti and Ephraim Elijah; Facundo Garcia Hamilton, Felipe Bares and Elisha Chiavassa (c); Augustine Moyano and Valentino Dicapua; Ignatius Lucero, Nicholas Lopez Gonzalez, Ernesto Giudice, Matthew Soler and Philip Mallia. Substitutes: Valentino Minoyetti, Matthias Medrano, Thomas Rapetti, Matthew Lorenzo, Aitor Bildosola, Nicolas Viola, Juan Baronio and Faustino Sanchez Valarolo.
Changes: Medrano for Vivas, Minoyetti for Bartolini, Rapetti for Zanella, Sánchez Valarolo for López González, Bildosola for García Hamilton, Lorenzo for Federico Rolotti and Viola Agustín Moyano. Coaches: Álvaro Galindo (head coach), Galo Álvarez Quiñones (assistant coach) and Carlos Mohapp (assistant coach).
Japón: Hwang Sena, Kota Nagashima y Riku Tomita; Yuzuki Sasaki y Harry Willard; Koki Miyashita, Tomoki Kusuda y Tenta Kobayashi; Asahi Doei y Kanjiro Naramoto; Suplentes: Takashi Omoto, Tomoki Yumbe, Kosuke Sigiura, Kantaro Tajima, Bunsuke Kurita, Taison Mogami, Yutaro Takahasi y Shota Taira. Entrenador: Toru Kurihara.
PT: 5m try by Yoshiki Omachi converted by Kanjiro Naramoto (J), 9m try by Felipe Mallía (A), 15m try by Elías converted by Dicapua (A), 30m try by Moyano converted by Dicapua (A) and 36m try by Soler (TO). Partial: Los Pumitas 24-7 Japan. ST: 7m try by Oike converted by Naramoto (J), 10m penalty by Naramoto (J), 12m penalty by Naramoto (J), 17m try by Bildosola converted by Mallía (A), 22m try by Chiavassa converted by Mallía (A) , 39m try by Sánchez Valarolo converted by Valentino Dicapua (A).
Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
Cancha: Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl.
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