Felipe Contepomi, after the window of July: “The best thing I take is the great attitude of the players”

After two losses against England, Los Pumas They managed to close the July window with a smile thanks to the triumph for a win of 52-17 facing Uruguay. After the game, Felipe Contepomi talked with the microphones of Scrum. The best of rugby, in Disney+.

“The first 40 were more intense. Rugby is much simpler than one believes. You want in contact, you won races and you can be in the game. That did Uruguay and it was its merit in the first half. In the second, we could do it.”The Argentine head coach began after his team shows two very different faces at each stage.

In addition, the coach added that “We have to see again the first half. There is a lot of my responsibility in how I prepared them for the game. We will see everything and there we will know why we were such a disparate team in one time and in the other.”

Regarding the fatigue that seemed to be noticed on both teams during complement, Contepomi He did not hesitate to affirm that “The third week is always harder for the boys, and possibly, for many of those who come from the franchises, the accumulation of the intensity of the training begins to notice. Those who already lived it for the first time will know what is required to be here in Los Pumas,”.

To close, and analyzing what these 4 weeks were with the squad, he highlighted some fundamental aspects: “The best thing that led me is the great attitude of the players to learn and strive. The new boys, that there were many, have put an incredible will, and the greatest made a great effort to integrate them all. We could see many players in training.”.