2023-10-27 10:40:19
The Argentine rugby team, Los Pumas, He will face his counterpart from England today on the outskirts of Paris from 4 p.m. (Argentina time) for third place in the 2023 World Cup in France.
The match will be played at Stade de Francefrom the northern Parisian suburb St Denis and will be directed by referee Nick Berry from Australia, with the assistants Nika Amashukeli from Georgia and Andrew Brace from Ireland.
The television The meeting will be in charge of the cable signal ESPN y Star+.
In the meeting, Los Pumas They will play the revenge once morest the current world runner-up, England, selected team with which they lost in the World Cup debut by 27-10, in a match played at the Stade Velodrome in the southern Marseille, on September 9 for the qualifying phase of Zone D.
This way, The Argentine team will seek to achieve the bronze medal, which he already obtained in the 2007 World Cupalso disputed in France.
The selected one of the «Rosa» until now he maintains his emphatic paternity over The Pumas in the Rugby World Cup, since they won the four games they played. The previous wins were 24-18 (1995), 13-9 (2011) and 39-10 (2019).
In their total history, Los Pumas defeated the English national team five times in 27 matches played.. And the Argentine victory last season by 30 to 29 at Twickenham closed a series of ten consecutive defeats.
The Argentine team, led by the Australian coach Michael Cheika is already classified among the four best teams in the world and will seek the bronze medal in his third opportunity in a World Cup semi-final (before 2007 and 2015).
The Pumas, at the beginning of the France World Cup 2023 they lost to England -with one less player from the start- and then they achieved four consecutive wins: Samoa, Chile, Japan and Wales.
While, In the semifinal they were categorically defeated by the New Zealand All Blacks 44-6.
The Pumas They will present three changes compared to the starting team that lost once morest the All Blacks: between the three quarters the scrum half will enter Tomás Cubelli instead of Gonzalo Bertranou; and Rosario winger Jerónimo De la Fuente will do it for Santiago Chocobares.
For its part, the second line Pedro Rubiolo will play in place of Tomás Lavanini, only modification among the forwards.
The substitute bench will be composed of Augustine Creevy, Jose Sclavi, Eduardo Bello, Matthias German, Rodrigo Bruni, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Nicholas Sanchez and Matthias Moroni.
The coach of the Los Pumas forwards, Andrés Bordoy said in the previous press conference that “it will be a very similar match to what was the first of the qualifying round.”We confirmed this with the match they played once morest South Africa. The objective is to impose our game and not play their game.
«England is a team that analyzes the rival a lot, who knows exactly how we play, what we want to do, and knows our players. It will be a battle to see who and how imposes their game and we can adapt to what happens in the game. The team is ready »Bordoy added.
For his part, the coach of the England team, Steve Borthwick will make eight changes from the team that lost in the semifinals once morest the current World champion, South Africa, 16-15, a match played last Saturday at the Stade de France in Saint Denis.
In the initial formation, the presence of captain Owen Farrell stands out, absent in the debut once morest Los Pumas, due to being suspended for two dates.
Among the forwards, andthe pillars will stand Ellis Genge y Will Stuar, y Theo Dan como hooker. The second line will be integrated Maro Itoje and Ollie Chessum, while Sam Underhil will enter as a winger on the third line.
Consequently, The forwards who do not repeat are Jaoe Marler, Jamie Goeorge, George Martin, Dan Cole and Courtney Lawes.
Among the three quarters, the fly half will play from the beginning. Ben Youngs replaced Alex Mitchell, winger Henry Arundell replaced Elliot Daly and fullback Marcus Smith replaced Jonny May.
The center couple is maintained with the presences of Manu Tuilagi and Joe Marchant.
Formations
Argentina: Thomas Gallo, Julián Montoya (captain) and Francisco Gómez Kodela; Guido Petti and Pedro Rubiolo; Juan Martín González, Marcos Kremer and Facundo Isa; Tomas Cubelli, Mateo Carreras and Santiago Carreras, Jerónimo de la Fuente, Lucio Cinti and Emiliano Bofelli; Juan Cruz Mallia. Coach: Michael Cheika
England: Ellis Genge, Theo Dan y Will Stuart, Maro Itoje y Ollie Chessum; Tom Curry, Sam Underhill y Ben Earl, Ben Youngs y Owen Farrell (capitán), Henry Arundell, Manu Tuilagi, Joe Marchant y Freddie Steward; Marcus Smith. Entrenador: Steve Borthwick.
Referee: Nick Berry (Australia)
Assistants: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) and Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Estadio: Stade de France (Saint Denis).
Time: 16 (Argentine time)
TV: ESPN y Star+.
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