Matías Moroni spoke about his historic tackle: “I play rugby for this shirt”

Los Pumas’ 29-17 victory over Wales in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in France was historic in many ways, as it also left an action by Matías Moroni that will be remembered because his tackle prevented the opponent’s comeback. After the triumph of the national team, the rugby player said: “The truth is that the effort that this team made since the beginning of the year, many people talking nonsense. A lot of people who didn’t trust, a lot of people who did, who got on before playing the last game with Japan, let all these people know that we’re going to go to war in Paris.” And he made it clear that “we have two games left. We’re going to play the most important game in the history of Los Pumas.” On the other hand, about the play in which Moroni crossed Louis Rees-Zammit, the number 14 of the Welsh team, to prevent a goal that would have put the victory at risk, he said that “I ran with everything, with my club, with my family, with my friends, with this whole band… Luckily we were able to win it, it was going to be a very tough game”. In addition, with great emotion, he pointed out that “this shirt is the most important thing I have, I play rugby for this shirt”, and that the team has great “confidence in the one next to me, confidence in the system, in what we have been doing”. It should be noted that Moroni was left out of Michael Cheika’s first roster, but the injury to his teammate Santiago Chocobares caused the Australian coach to reconsider his decision and give him a chance.

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