11/14/2020 5:17 AM
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Updated 11/14/2020 5:17 AM
Throughout history, the Argentine rugby team had already been able to defeat the greatest powers of this sport: South Africa, Australia, France, England ... However, Los Pumas still had to beat the powerful All Blacks, the New Zealander selected, which had been an insurmountable obstacle until this November 14, 2020 that will remain in the memory of all.
The history showed that the All Blacks had never lost to the Argentine team in the 29 games they had played ... Until this 25-15 in Sydney in the Tres Nations, there had been five times that Argentina had been close to obtaining this result that finally came thanks to the remarkable performance of Nicolás Sánchez, author of all the points of Mario Ledesma's team.
What were those five milestones that were the basis for this historic triumph that came at the least expected moment, after 13 months of inactivity?
* Argentina 21-New Zealand 21 (Buenos Aires, 1985).
On that occasion, Los Pumas were only a few inches away from beating the New Zealanders, the afternoon of Hugo Porta's 21 in Ferro.
On the last play, a scrum 5 for the Argentine team fuels hope.
The first Argentine line goes to the front.
Cash, Cubelli and Morel tread dream territory.
Eighth Ernesto Ure takes care of the ball between his feet and waits a few seconds to score what would be the most important try of his life.
Then the unexpected happens: El Flaco crouches down to grab the ball and support, but loses his balance and the ball falls forward.
Argentine knock on and end of the match.
Argentina 20-New Zealand 24 (Buenos Aires, 2001).
At the end of the game, Los Pumas dominated the board 20-17 that afternoon in a crowded River stadium, but a kick from Felipe Contepomi that had to leave the field, remained inside.
The Men in Black attacked at speed to take the match with a try from their eighth Scott Robertson.
Argentina 19-New Zealand 25 (Buenos Aires, 2006).
After going to rest up by one point, 1615, the Argentine team could not hold the advantage on that rainy afternoon in Velez.
After a dirty play, Hamilton ended up supporting a try that would mark the difference between the two teams.
Carter and Todeschini would add one more penalty each to close the result.
New Zealand 18-Argentina 9 (Dunedin, 1979).
In Los Pumas' first tour of Oceania, two matches were played between the New Zealand XV team and the Argentine team.
The Argentine third line (Petersen, Ure and Silva) is still remembered tackling piecework.
Like the strong front line: Topo Rodríguez, Pérez Cobo and Nicola.
New Zealand 26-Argentina 15 (London, 2015).
Argentina went up at the break 13-9 in their debut at the World Cup in England.
However, Los Pumas couldn't keep up the pace.
The All Blacks took control early in the second half and it ended up being a monologue.
MFV
