2023-09-09 08:34:22
The World Cup in France has started and the news is France. Not only because he won, because he is local and his fans celebrated in Paris, but because he beat the All Blacks, three-time world champions. The news is France. Because there is one – or another – that surprises: it is the first time in history that New Zealand loses a World Cup group stage match. And they lost it without extenuating circumstances once morest a team that did appear as a possible candidate, validating all their credentials with a dream 27-13, perhaps their first big step towards achieving the first world title in their history. The Parisian streets last night were a party.
The match had many errors from both teams and, although the same tries were scored by each side (two), the contribution of Frenchman Thomas Ramos (17 points) was decisive for the victory of the local team, now leader of group A of the tournament.
Already in the last direct confrontation, in 2021, France had won on the same stage (40-25), then ending a streak of 14 consecutive victories for the All Blacks who since then have had many doubts and several defeats (also once morest Ireland and Argentina).
The fall, however, is not decisive, since both teams will have to face a formidable rival in the quarterfinals: the current world champion, South Africa, or the current number 1 in the ranking, Ireland.
A political party. The stifling heat in France in recent days did not discourage the almost 80,000 spectators who filled the Stade de France, temple of French rugby, to see the debut of their team, with the dream that it would be the beginning of the road to the glory, which will end on November 28.
The Rugby World Cup is also a kind of dress rehearsal for the French authorities for the Olympic Games that Paris will host in less than a year, especially in matters such as security and transportation.
The opening ceremony served to highlight “the art of French living,” with a show directed and performed by Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning actor for the film The Artist, a great lover of rugby.
That act, which lasted twenty minutes, was followed by the president of the international federation, World Rugby, Bill Beaumont, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, whistled by a large part of the public.
The Pumas go once morest England, at 4 p.m.
With the hope of advancing to the next round, Los Pumas will debut today in the World Cup once morest the powerful England. The match, in Group D, will start at 4 p.m. at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, and will be directed by French referee Mathieu Raynal.
The coach of the Argentine national team, the Australian Michael Cheika, who assured that the team “is very good”, defined a formation that will include the hooker and captain Julián Montoya along with the pillars Thomas Gallo and Francisco Gómez Kodela, who will join Matías Alemanno and Tomás Lavanini on the second line. The third line will have the presence of Pablo Matera, the return of the suspended Marcos Kremer and Juan Marín González. Among the three quarters, the half pair will be made up of scrum half Gonzalo Bertonou and fly half Santiago Carreras, while the wines will be Mateo Carreras and Emiliano Boffelli. The designated centers are Santiago Chocobares and Lucio Cinti, and Juan Cruz Mallía will be the fullback.
The six players who will debut in a World Cup will be Thomas Gallo, Mateo Carreras, Francisco Gómez Kodela, Juan Martín González, Santiago Chocobares and Lucio Cinti.
The Argentina and England teams met three times in the Rugby World Cup. In all three there were triumphs for the British: 24-18 (1995), 13-9 (2011) and 39-10 (2019).
However, Los Pumas, in November of last year, achieved an unforgettable victory once morest England in Twickenham by 30 to 29, which was the second success in their history in the city of London. And as happens in life: who doesn’t dream of repeating those happy moments?
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