Almost 50 days after seeing each other in Marseillesin what was the opening match for both teams, with a defeat for The Pumas by 27-10, English and Argentinians will face each other again in the Stade de France from the Parisian capital with third place at stake.
The Pumas They aspire to match their best result in a world Cupthird place in 2007.
In the southern port city of France, The Pumas They did not know how to play against the English, quickly reduced to 14, but masterfully led by the flyhalf George Fordauthor of all his team’s points, including three drops in the first half.
Things have changed a lot since then, on both sides. Englandwith a game plan as rudimentary as it was effective, was very close to causing the surprise and getting into the final on Saturday, although it ended up losing by a single point against South Africa (16-15), current world champion, with a penalty scored by Handré Pollard on the horn.
The head coach of Argentina, Michael Cheikasummarized on Wednesday the objective of The Pumas before his last game of the rugby world cup against England for third place: equal the best result of the South American team and, in the process, avenge the defeat in the debut against “la Rosa”. “Finish as high as we can”he assured.
“We expect them to play a more open game, with (Marcus) Smith at 15, hooker (Theo) Dan who is a good player with the ball in hand. We need to be ready for their game and also how they use the game with the foot. “he’s going to run a lot”predicted the Australian coach The Pumasin what could be his last match as a coach.
Because of what is at stake and because it will surely be the goodbye of some veterans, the captain Julian Montoya gives a lot of importance to the meeting: “It is the most important game of the year, third and fourth place with this shirt and the last game of this group because it is almost impossible for the same team to repeat itself.”
Changes in the formation of Los Pumas
The experienced scrum half Tomas Cubelli It is one of the three new features introduced by the technician Michael Cheika facing the match for third place in the world Cup that will dispute Argentina and England on friday in Saint-Denison the periphery of Paris.
Cubelli enter instead of Gonzalo Bertranou, Pedro Rubiolo replaces Thomas Lavanini and Jerome De La Fuente occupies the position of Santiago Chocobars.
What time does Los Pumas vs England play?
The match will begin this Friday at 4:00 p.m.
Where to watch Los Pumas vs England
The match for third place will be televised by Public TV and ESPN, and broadcast by Star+.
Formations
Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallía; Emiliano Boffelli, Lucio Cinti, Jerónimo de la Fuente, Mateo Carreras; Santiago Carreras, Tomás Cubelli; Facundo Isa, Marcos Kremer, Juan Martín González; Pedro Rubiolo, Guido Petti; Francisco Gomez Kodela, Julián Montoya (cap), Thomas Gallo.
England: Ellis Genge, Theo Dan, Will Stuart, Maro Itoje, Ollie Chessum, Tom Curry, Sam Underhill, Ben Earl, Ben Youngs, Owen Farrell, Henry Arundell, Manu Tuilagi, Joe Marchant, Freddie Steward, Marcus Smith.
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