The Pumas 7 have fallen in New Zealand and will not be able to fight for gold in the World Cup

The Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town looked more than 80% full. It is that rugby fans did not want to miss the second day of the Sevens World Cup. So much so that not even the constant rain that fell on the South African city all Saturday prevented them from participating in the World Cup event. And, in that context, Los Pumas 7’s they were left eager to continue advancing in the tournament, as they lost to New Zealand 12-5 in the quarter-finals.

And that the Argentine team had started from everything with a great collective game in which patience reigned and had defined itself in a goal by Germán Schulz after an excellent pass by Matías Osadczuk. However, small errors at specific times did not allow those led by Santiago Gómez Cora to be able to continue in the dream of going in search of the gold medal.

It is that after Santiago Vera Feld missed the conversion in his fall attempt, the ocean team was intense in the mark and forced the Argentine team to fail. Indeed, Scott Curry argued under the posts after Argentine players stopped thinking it was a forward pass. Then, the New Zealanders won the start and after the scrum pressure they held the ball to defend near the goal. However, a good tackle from Gastón Revol saved an opponent’s run that went straight to the goal and the Argentine team finished 7-5 in the first half.

In the second half Argentina defended themselves well (the best of the match recovering several balls) and linked almost all the tackles. Joaquín de la Vega, in fact, had stolen a ball to run and try to get on the board. But he wanted to play fast (instead of going to the ground and looking for a ruck to fix and replay possession) and ended up losing the ball, a situation that Moses Leo took advantage of to run all the way and give the Kiwis a 12 -1 advantage 5 ( failed conversion).

The Argentine team was close and also had a chance to reach the goal. Despite this, the pitch and some bad ball movement decisions played tricks on them. and all without Marco Moneta, who missed the game again due to gastroenteritis that sidelined him for having a fever and not being 100%. Without the best player in the world in the discipline, the Los Pumas 7’s have lost the flag in attack and could have taken advantage of the many recoveries obtained in the defensive phase with his speed.

How is the Sevens World Cup going for Argentina?

Argentina will play again this Sunday on the last day of the competition: they will have to turn the page and return to the field for the semifinals of the matches from 5th to 8th place.The goal of the Los Pumas 7’s will be to finish as high as possible and in the first instance he will face the loser of the duel between Ireland and South Africa.