The Argentine rugby sevens team, Los Pumas 7s, plays this Sunday against Fiji the final of the contest in London, in the last stage of the season, after defeating Ireland (28-14) in the quarterfinals and then in the semifinals to Samoa (10-7).
The Argentine team, led by Santiago Gómez Cora, won early against the Irish team, with a strong performance that was reflected with four tries (two from Agustín Fraga and the remaining from Germán Schulz and Mateo Graziano), in addition to four conversions.
Later, in the semifinals, the Albiceleste team, bronze medal in the last Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020, had to fight intensely to overcome a brave Samoan cast, which put the victory in trouble, especially when Los Pumas were left with one less on the court, for the yellow card shown to Rodrigo Isgro.
The goals against the Oceania team (which won 7-5 at the end of the first period) were achieved by Schulz and Santiago Álvarez, with two tries.
The Pumas '7 had beaten Japan (43-12) and Fiji Islands (40-12) in the qualifying stage, but then fell to Ireland (12-14)
In the definition, scheduled for 13.26 Argentine time at the Twickenham stadium in London, the rival will be Fiji, who surprised and beat in the other semifinal to New Zealand, number 1 in the circuit, by 19-17 in an agonizing definition.
Los Pumas, who have already achieved their best historical performance on a world circuit, will be looking for their third title of the season. They have won five medals in the current circuit. He was gold in the fourth round in Hamilton and in the seventh in Vancouver; and silver in the sixth in Los Angeles, in the ninth in Singapore and last Sunday, in Toulouse.
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