The former Pumas star believes his side have improved as the competition has progressed and even though they haven’t yet reached the heights many expected so far in the tournament, he is satisfied with the progress made so far.
“The team has been growing since game one. We have been getting better on each match, we’ve added more intensity and other details too. The things that we wanted to correct of the match with England were done with Samoa, things that didn’t work with Samoa did against Chile, and details from the game with Chile were better executed against Japan.”
“This team has already played four finals in this World Cup. It all starts with the front row, the breakdown, the defence, how clinical you are with your foot and then, the attack.
“We must be good in the breakdown, which is where the Welsh focus on, defending with a lot of pressure and firmness.
“We have to play an intense kicking game, and when given the opportunity have a firing attack. It sounds simple but this requires a lot of work. The team is very clear about the game-plan and we have to continue along that path.”
“All games are now finals. It’s a game of pressure, we’ll have to do all simple things well. Wales is going to come to try and do their thing, exert that pressure on to us. They are very identified with Warren Gatland’s philosophy of putting pressure to the opposition and being a combative team.
“But if it had been another team, it would be the same thing, doing simple things well with as much consistency as possible.”
