Three tries and 21 points in 12 minutes assign Argentina back on course for a quarter-final that seemed in considerable doubt after a first half in which Georgia gave as good as they got and better when it came to the business of push and shove,something at which the Pumas normally revel.
But this was like no other Argentinian World Cup team, even that of 2007, or which made it to the semi-finals. Daniel Hourcade’s side like to run and,after 40 minutes of doing the hard graft, that is what they did, and running in six of the seven tries in the final 33 minutes. As the Georgia coach,Milton Haig, admitted: “It’s exciting. whether you gape at Argentine history at World Cups, or it’s good up there. We were in there for the first half but first 20 of the second,when we were down to 14 men, was pretty tough. That was the game.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com