Jun 29, 2024, 10:03 ET
He U20 World Cupwhich takes place in South Africastarted with the defeat of Los Pumitas against England by 40-21while France did the homework before Spain in the debut to beat it 49-12.
ENGLAND 40-21 LOS PUMITAS (Saturday)
The Argentine team started with everything in Cape Town and hit with Genaro Podesta to open the marker, while Juan Penoucos stretched the lead to 14-0 after the two conversions of Santino Di Lucca. But the European champion reacted at the end with Jack Bracken to go to half-time 14-14. In the complement, La Rosa was a barrage and after four minutes he supported Billy Selawhile immediately Henry Pollock contributed his conquest. Then, The Pumitas They had a good period of play in which the captain Ephraim Elias scored to go 21-26 down and when it seemed that they could turn the game around, the Europeans brought out all their repertoire. In three minutes, Bracken He took advantage of two plays to score a hat-trick and escape in the result, which ended 40 to 21.
FRANCE 49-12 SPAIN (Saturday)
France was superior throughout the match and in less than three minutes, Axel Desperes-Rigou had appeared on the left side to support the first conquest in the DHL Stadiumafter a sensational pass from Hugo Reus. Then, Bernabe Massa did not give truce before Spain and scored a double during the first half. Finally, the French cast received a penalty try for a violation committed by the visitors to go to the locker room with a wide advantage of 28-0. In the second half, the Spaniards reacted with a conquest of Diego Gonzalez Blanco. Finally, Fabien Brau-Boirie and Geoffrey Malaterre (2) they sentenced the victory of the French in Cape Townwhile Julien Burguillos discounted at the end of the match for the visitors.
