Olympic Games: Pumas7 lost to Australia, finished second and will play France

The Pumas Seven fell 22-14 in view of Australiain a match corresponding to the third date of Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. By advancing as second to the quarterfinals, they will have a very tough match against France.

The match started well for The Pumaswho quickly took the lead with a try from German Schulz per minute of play.

But everything started to get complicated when Luciano Gonzalez He was cautioned at the end of the first half for a tackle without the ball.

During these two minutes that they were one more, the “Wallabies” scored three consecutive tries through Henry Hutchinson, Ben Dowling and Dietrich Roacheand they went 15-7 ahead, as they were unable to convert any points.

Matias Osadczuk gave a ray of hope to the Argentines with a new try that left The Pumas to one point after the conversion of Joaquin Pellandini.

But everything fell apart with a new try by the Oceanians with just one minute left through Nick Malouf.

With this result, Australia advanced as first in the group, while The Pumas They finished in second place as a result of their wins this Wednesday against Kenya and Samoa.

The rival in the quarterfinals, which will be played at 16:30, will be the local team Francewho finished second in her group after the fall against Fiji by 19-12.

This promises to be a very spicy match due to the anger that the French showed during all the matches. The Pumas.

After the defeat, Joaquin Pellandini had said about the possibility of this crossing: “It seems like everyone here is anti-Argentina, so it would be nice to play with them.”

Santiago Mareanother member of the national team, analyzed: “We had some refereeing errors that made things very difficult for us. We have to think about ourselves and play like we did yesterday, which we did very well.”