1
Argentina second row warns England that this is now about revenge
By PA
Argentina second-row Pedro Rubiolo has warned England that revenge is their motivation for Friday’s World Cup bronze final at the Stade de France.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Pumas were crushed 27-10 when the rivals met in their group opener on September 9, even though England played all but 179 seconds without Tom Curry – who was sent off for a dangerous tackle.
Argentina finished third at the 2007 World Cup and Rubiolo insists it is a prize worth winning.
“It’s revenge for the first game. Finishing third is not the same as finishing fourth,” he said.
Video Player is loading.
“This is a good opportunity to show we have a lot of desire, a lot of energy, and finish the World Cup in the best way.”
ARGENTINA TEAM TO FACE ENGLAND
1 Thomas Gallo
2 Julian Montoya (c)
3 Francisco Gómez Kodela
4 Guido Petti Pagadizabal
5 Pedro Rubiolo
6 Juan Martin Gonzalez
7 Marcos Kremer
8 Facundo Isa
9 Tomas Cubelli
10 Santiago Carreras
11 Mateo Carreras
12 Jeronimo de la Fuente
13 Lucio Cinti
14 Emiliano Boffelli
15 Juan Cruz Mallia
Replacements:
16 Agustín Creevy
17 Joel Sclavi
18 Eduardo Bello
19 Matias Alemanno
20 Rodrigo Bruni
21 Lautaro Bazan Velez
22 Nicolas Sanchez
23 Matías Moroni
More on the Argentina team below:
Actually, the term used by Rubiolo was “revancha” wich cannot be translated fully into revenge because contains some retaliaton meaning and is not this case. The word revancha, as argies says, is more like a second chance or a rematch of something. It´s commonly refering to the second match of a round robin home and away format. I guess there´s not hard feelings against that first game from the Pumas, as England was fair victorius, dominating almost every aspect of the game. Now this is revancha because there is another chance to improve and trully show what you have…
Thanks for the clarification, that makes a lot more sense. Reading the title of this ‘revenge’ didn’t seem like the right mindset as it was just a pool game and Argentina really didn’t play well. Anyway, both teams had a shot to advance in the knockout stages so I couldn’t figure out why the beef? But that settles it, thanks again. Thumbs up for you 👍
Fee fi fo fum