The brutal honesty of the Australian coach after the thrashing by Los Pumas: “We cannot let a match go by…”

The victory of The Pumas It is historic, but also the defeat of the Australia Selection. Of course, negatively, because after suffering the 67 to 27 beating, the Wallabies They suffered the biggest defeat in their history (surpassing a record set against South Africa in 1997). This Saturday, in the framework of the 4th round of the Rugby Championship.

Coach Joe Schmidt suffered through the game. Actually, mainly in the second half and the last part of the first, because his team was incredibly winning 20-3, but ended up suffering greatly from the Argentine offense and took a beating that deserves rethinking.

In a post-match interview, he acknowledged: “There were aspects that were really good. Obviously, to lead a test match 20-3 and be outplayed the way we did is really disappointing.” On that note, Schmidt added: “We will look back at the whole match. There were some positives in those first 30 minutes, but we can’t let a match slip away from us like it did and fall off a cliff like that.”

Schmidt suffered a historic defeat with the Wallabies. (From: @Wallabies)

About what happened so that The Pumas He added: “I think we lost the connection in our defensive line. We were chasing them all the time. We didn’t put enough pressure on, so they were handling the ball very quickly, and it’s too difficult to keep chasing a team, on a hot day, when they have the ball and they’re moving forward.”

Finally, he referred to the historic mark suffered against, but the coach of the Wallabies He played it down. “Records are going to be broken,” he said. Schmidt and gave as an example the first date of the current Rugby Championship when The Pumas they beat the All Blacks. “I mean, Argentina scored a record 38 points against the All Blacks in New Zealand. That’s what they are capable of,” he said.

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Trying to explain this argument, the DT of Australia He left a strong praise for The Pumas:”No team has ever scored 38 points against the All Blacks in New Zealand. That’s what they can do. They can score quickly thanks to very strong ball carriers, athletic backs and smart passing and link-up play, and as soon as you’re not making the first tackle and you’re scrambling to make the second or third, they’re on your line. It’s very difficult to plug the holes after that.”