last night and tonight
when argentina scored yet another try, i think it was the one that brought the score to 27-3, st denis fell silent.
argentina 34 france 10.
i feel very sorry for the french people, because it wasn't supposed to be like that. it was massive disappointment, sheer anguish. it was a terrible day to be french.
france had the possession, attacked from the start. argentina hit them on the counter and won. it's true that france brought the ball over the line three times, only to be called back for various forms of infringement each time. but other than that, for all the possession, france never looked like they were going to score, except for that try. in contrast, when argentina ran at france, you just feel as though something was going to happen.
france kept running themselves into the argentina defence. when you watch the argentina players run, you feel as though they have been freed from shackles. they dance, they move with so much grace. i think the french defence was poor, but argentina showed imagination in attack, and the french couldn't cope with it.
speaking of imagination, the french had no imagination when they attacked. no doubt the argentina defence was brilliant; they were simply everywhere in numbers. but the real problem lies in the lack of support. there is no imagination because there is nothing to imagine. there are simply no options.
i think argentina won because they knew what they were doing when they attacked. in contrast, france's attacks kept breaking down because they had no idea how to break the argentina defence. it was like just like the england game.
looking back, argentina were really brilliant. but i feel sorry for the french people, but not the french players. i think they have let the nation down.
rugby ends tonight. no more of the ad with the stylish 'excusez moi'.
argentina 34 france 10.
i feel very sorry for the french people, because it wasn't supposed to be like that. it was massive disappointment, sheer anguish. it was a terrible day to be french.
france had the possession, attacked from the start. argentina hit them on the counter and won. it's true that france brought the ball over the line three times, only to be called back for various forms of infringement each time. but other than that, for all the possession, france never looked like they were going to score, except for that try. in contrast, when argentina ran at france, you just feel as though something was going to happen.
france kept running themselves into the argentina defence. when you watch the argentina players run, you feel as though they have been freed from shackles. they dance, they move with so much grace. i think the french defence was poor, but argentina showed imagination in attack, and the french couldn't cope with it.
speaking of imagination, the french had no imagination when they attacked. no doubt the argentina defence was brilliant; they were simply everywhere in numbers. but the real problem lies in the lack of support. there is no imagination because there is nothing to imagine. there are simply no options.
i think argentina won because they knew what they were doing when they attacked. in contrast, france's attacks kept breaking down because they had no idea how to break the argentina defence. it was like just like the england game.
looking back, argentina were really brilliant. but i feel sorry for the french people, but not the french players. i think they have let the nation down.
rugby ends tonight. no more of the ad with the stylish 'excusez moi'.
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