2023-10-15 06:16:09
Dramatic. Epic. Heroic. All the qualifiers fit the game that Los Pumas won 29-17 once morest Wales and that left them in the semifinals of the World Cup in France. The team led by Michael Cheika was down on the scoreboard until the 57th minute, but the contributions of Joel Sclavi and Nicolás Sánchez in the final stretch of the match turned history around: they scored two tries, both converted by Emiliano Boffelli.
Sánchez himself, Los Pumas’ all-time leading scorer in the World Cup, decorated the heroic victory with a final penalty to the delirium of the thousands of Argentines who attended the traditional Velodrome in the southern Marseille.
The Pumas will play once more on Friday at 4 p.m. at the Stade de France, in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, where the rival in the semifinals was determined yesterday: the New Zealand All Blacks. Argentina will seek a place in the final for the first time, following losing the semifinals of the 2007 and 2015 editions.
Wales had gone into the break with an advantage (10-6) and they were also ahead midway through the second half thanks to the contribution of their fly half Dan Biggar, author of a try, two penalties and a conversion, and Tomos Williams, responsible for the other try from your team.
Argentina stayed in the game with four penalties from Boffelli, between the end of the first half and the beginning of the second, which paved the way for the team’s best moments in the game.
The history written by Los Pumas in Marseille also allowed them to achieve the first victory once morest Wales in the third World Cup antecedent, a merit in which Matías Moroni had special preponderance, in the final minutes, with a miraculous tackle centimeters from the goal line with the score. 19-17 in favor of Argentina.
That eventual try by Louis Rees-Zammit would have punished a perfect second half for the “albiceleste” team, which began with a comeback on the scoreboard thanks to the foot of Rosario Boffelli.
From the two penalties added by the wing, Los Pumas played a quarterfinal match with ferocity, at the level of what the instance demanded, to the surprise of a rival that arrived undefeated, with five wins in the same number of matches. .
From the bank. The substitutes’ entries worked perfectly and the opportunities to score, an aspect in which they had failed at the beginning of the match, were capitalized to favor a psychological dominance that ended up demoralizing the British.
Biggar’s departure in Wales was also an advantage for the Argentine team, which caused a vibrant atmosphere in the last minutes due to its strong defenses and titanic runs, like the one faced by Sánchez from Tucumán until he flew into the rival ingoal.
How the Argentine delegation will now fly to Paris to play their next match once morest Ireland or New Zealand in their new status as one of the four best teams in the world.
The other rooms
◆ France-South Africa meet today at 4pm to define another of the four semi-finalists.
◆ It is another match that might well be considered a final, since it involves two of the teams that are playing the best in the World Cup.
◆ Before, at 12 noon, there will be another quarter-final match: England-Fiji.
◆ The English won group D, which also included Argentina, with some ease. The Fiji team is going for the feat.
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