November window Cougars it will end this Saturday with the visit of the Argentine team Scotlandfrom 12:15 (Argentina time), at the stadium murrayfield from Edinburgh. It will be the closure of the last tour of the year before the World Cup, in which he has accumulated one win so far England and a loss against Welsh. The Australian coach michael cheka confirmed this Thursday that he prepared four changes in their initial training to face the Thistle.
The Los Pumas coach has made two variations in the attacking pack and a couple more in the back line compared to the team that lost last weekend against the Red dragons from 20-13 showing a lot of irregularity in the game.
This way they will enter the first row beautiful edward from Francesco Gomez kodela; the prostitute Julian Montoia (already recovered from the disease in the coastal area) of Augustine Crevy; La la Baptist Delguy from Matias Carreras and the centre Matthias Orlando from Matthias Moroni.
Santiago Carrera will continue in the first half position, while the man of Tucumán Nicholas Sanchez He will join the substitutes’ bench after picking up an injury against Scotland at the start of the tour last July.
This will be the twelfth game of michael cheka as coach of Los Pumas. Only four Argentine players have had perfect attendance since the Australian took over as head coach in March this year: striker Emiliano Boffelli (from an outstanding performance against England), Santiago Carreras, Juan Martín González and Marcos Kremer.
On the other hand, Emiliano Boffelli He will reach his 50th game with the Los Pumas shirt. The 27-year-old Duendes de Rosario-trained defender made his debut for Albicelestial on 10 June 2017 against England.
Nicolás Sánchez has played just 21 minutes this season as a tear has prevented him from being available for the rest of the year. The midfielder from Tucumán played against Scotland on Saturday 2 July, in Jujuy (26-18 win), but was replaced by Santiago Carreras in the 21st minute of the first half.
The Pumas met Scotland three times last July and won the series played in Jujuy, Salta and Santiago del Estero 2-1. The record between the two registers 21 clashes with 10 wins for each side and a draw.
Los Pumas have not won in Edinburgh for 13 years. Since the first visit in 1973, the national team has played a total of 9 test matches at Murrayfield Stadium, in which they recorded 4 wins and 5 losses.
The last celebration in the Scottish capital was on 28 November 2009, in a 9-6 success under the stewardship of Santiago Phelan and the captaincy of Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe.
“We want to finish the year with a win, it’s very important for us. This week we prepare it as a final. For us it is the last job of the year, we have improved a lot in these three or four months that we have been together. It will be a completely different story this match against Scotland“said the coach. michael cheka at the press conference before the game against Thistle.
The Pumas will close out a three-game tour on Saturday which included a historic 30-29 win over England (getting their second win at Twickenham, London) with an outstanding performance from Emiliano Boffelli and a disappointing 20-13 defeat by Wales in the Principality Stadium in Cardiff showing, once again, the irregularity of the Argentine national team against a team that didn’t dazzle.
This last test match will be essential to start next year with the height taking into account that the World Cup in France 2023 (from 8 September to 28 October).
Los Pumas XV against Scotland
Cougars: Baptist Delguy, Matthias Orlando, Jerome of the Source Y Emiliano Boffelli; Santiago Carrera Y Gonzalo Bertranou; Paul Matera, Marco Kremer Y Juan Martín González; Thomas Lavanini Y Matias Alemanno; beautiful edward, Julian Montoia (captain) e Thomas Gallo.
The substitute bench will be made up of Ignacio Ruíz, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Santiago Medrano, Lucas Paulos, Facundo Isa, Lautaro Bazán Vélez, Nicolás Sánchez and Matías Moroni.
With information from Telam.
Source: Clarin
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