The Argentine rugby sevens team, Los Pumas 7s, bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, lost today in the quarterfinals against the two-time world champions, New Zealand, 12 to 5 (PT 7-5) for the World Cup that takes place in Cape Town, South Africa.
In a very even match, the All Blacks took the victory and now @lospumas7arg must fight for the 5th place in the World Cup.The next match will be tomorrow from 06:02 am (hour), for the semifinals for the 5th place against the loser of Ireland – South Africa. pic.twitter.com/6yLqSII5fw — Los Pumas 7s (@lospumas7arg)
September 10, 2022
The match was played at the Cape Town Stadium with capacity for 55,000 spectators and the goals of the Argentine team came by a try by Germán Schulz, while for New Zealand scott Curry and Moses Leo supported tries, and Akuila Rokolisoa added a conversion. In the knockout stages, Argentina beat Kenya yesterday, by 22 to 5, and New Zealand to Scotland, by 43 to 5.The Argentine team suffered the loss at the last minute of the best player in the world, Marcos Moneta who suffered from gastroenteritis and had to be hospitalized, as well as his teammate Matteo Graziano, who was not part of the World Cup roster and suffered the same picture. The match was played with a heavy rain under which Los Pumas 7s left everything to access the semifinals but New Zealand was more precise, managed to support two tries and defended well to keep the difference in their favor and access the semifinals. The team led by Santiago Gómez Cora will face tomorrow at 6.05 (Argentine time) for the fifth place of the Silver Cup against the winner of the match between South Africa and Ireland.The semifinals and the final will be played tomorrow and New Zealand will play against the winner of South Africa-Ireland, while that of France-Australia will do it against the winner of Samoa-Fiji.Se played seven World Cups so far, three won by New Zealand, two by Fiji, one by England and the remaining by Wales.
