He passed the cold Vancouver, which welcomes a certain warmth to Pumas 7s. On Sunday, the Argentine national team won its third consecutive trophy in the Canadian city and, after a week of recovery and low intensity in training, he is ready to face the Los Angeles Seven, the fifth tournament of the season. At 1 this Saturday in Buenos Aires they will debut against Spain at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium, in pursuit of continuing to make history and build towards the Paris Olympic Games.
Those driven by Santiago Gomez Cora They lead with 78 out of 80 possible points, 24 ahead of Fiji and Ireland, their main pursuers. Even with three seasons left to play on the World Sevens Circuit, they are guaranteed to be in the final in Madrid, where the top eight will fight for the title of season champion. Winner in Cape Town, Perth and Vancouver, the team will seek its fourth successive gold medalsomething that only two nations have achieved throughout the history of the tour: New Zealand (the last time, in 2007/2008) and South Africa (the last time, in 2021/2022, when All Blacks 7s and Samoa did not participate for restrictions derived from the coronavirus).
Argentina arrives as the clear favorite and is the team to beat after flourishing in the Vancouver final against the New Zealanders. “I am very proud of my team and we are very happy for this moment we are going through, but we try not to think too much about it but rather focus on what is coming. “Now we are thinking about Los Angeles and the great tournament that is coming,” said the captain. James Alvarez Fourcade.
After the premiere, Pumas 7s will face South Africa starting at 3:36 p.m. tomorrow and will close the group stage at 8:06 p.m., against Ireland. The defining instances will take place on Sunday. “The groups are very difficult, each game we play is very difficult, and that is why we are focused on what is coming, on our system and not on what we have won,” added the captain.
Coach Santiago Gómez Cora introduced a change to the squad. Santiago Vera Feld He joined as a variant among the backs in place of Tomás Elizalde. In a very consolidated group, which does not have much replacement, there are two who will fight inch by inch for a place among the 12 that will travel to the Paris Olympic Games. Another is Tobias Wade, who in Vancouver took advantage of his opportunity with his hands, showed his quality as an opening player, used his foot well and was distinguished in the ideal team of the competition along with Matías Osadczuk and Luciano González. Santiago Mare recovered from a flu that kept him away from the second and third days of Vancouver and rejoined the squad.
The categorical victory in the final over New Zealand by 36-12 was the 15th in a row for Pumas 7s on the circuit, and with it the team surpassed its series of 14 in 2004/05. The United States brings back good memories in Argentine history in the specialty; Before breaking the streak of 13 years without cups in 2022, Pumas 7s had achieved its only two conquests in that land, Los Angeles 2004 and San Diego 2009, both already with Gómez Cora as coach. After many seasons in Las Vegas, the circuit returned to the City of Stars in 2020 and this weekend will have the best sevens rugby in the world.
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