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Michael Cheika refused to assess the entirety of Argentina’s Rugby World Cup campaign or his tenure as head coach of the Pumas games

Coming off a harrowing 44-6 semi-final defeat to New Zealand in which they’d been totally outclassed in every facet of the game, perhaps his reticence was understandable games

Next Friday’s third-place play-off against the loser of the second semi-final games between England and South Africa merely provided a handy excuse games

It’s a game that players don’t want to play, spectators don’t want to watch and media don’t want to cover but it did give Cheika a week’s buffer to collect himself before he will have to answer the tough questions games

“I can’t do that straight away,” said Cheika when asked to assess his time in charge of Argentina, which comes to an end after this World Cup games

“I haven’t finished yet games

“I know we won’t win World Cup but I’m happy to be at this level and they deserve to be here games

Their play, ambition, ability to raise themselves after the first game [a pool-stage loss to England] games

It’s another obstacle but we can be proud of our team and our capacity to deal with obstacles games

Next week we have a game to play, at the end of the World Cup we will summarise and assess it games

”The players were similarly on message with their adamance at the importance of the worst game in rugby games

“There is one more game left, one more final,” said flanker Marcos Kremer games

“We want to leave this World Cup winning and we are going to do everything to make it happen games

”“We are going to prepare like a final games

We are not satisfied with being here games

We want a medal and we are going to fight for that," added wing Mateo Carreras games

The value of a third-place play-off in an event defined by a trophy, rather than a medal podium, and its place in an already over-saturated playing calendar is a debate for another time but the Pumas can only keep the wolf at the door for so long games

They will soon have to address exactly what happened in the second-most one-sided World Cup semi-final of all time – the eventual margin of defeat just narrower than the All Blacks’ 49-6 triumph over Wales in 1987 games

The All Blacks ran riot in the Stade de France (Getty Images)Three times in their rugby history, Argentina have reached the semi-final stage of the World Cup, with three losses to show for it games

They have scored just one try across those 240 minutes and have a combined losing margin of 76 points games

The celebrations and lap of honour after beating Wales in the quarter-finals in Marseille a week ago suggested that, deep down, the Pumas believed they had come as far as they could in this tournament games

Both history, and the performance that followed against New Zealand, made it a self-fulfilling prophecy games

They hardly imposed themselves on the All Blacks at the Stade de France games

Phases of attack came to a grinding halt once they reached the All Black 22, with the ball inevitably jackalled away, the defensive line was torn to shreds by their opponents’ quick hands and clever lines, the scrum was splintered by a dominant New Zealand pack and basic handling errors defined the game games

Frankly, it wasn’t a match befitting a World Cup semi-final and ensured the Pumas book-ended their tournament (barring next Friday’s bronze-medal irrelevance) with abject displays, after the lifeless opening loss to 14-man England games

It is hardly a squad bereft of talent games

The experience of Julian Montoya and Agustin Creevy leading the front row is complemented by an exciting, dynamic back-row trio of Juan Martin Gonzalez, Kremer and Facundo Isa that should be able to match almost any opposition games

While questions remain at nine and 10, a back three of Mateo Carreras, Emiliano Boffelli and Juan Cruz Mallia is explosive enough to give any team fits games

Argentina were dejected after slipping to a semi-final defeat (Getty Images)Perhaps a semi-final appearance shouldn’t be sneered at games

Yes, they benefitted from being in the considerably weaker half of the draw but it equalled their best World Cup performance and you can only beat who’s in front of you games

On paper, Cheika’s tenure – since taking the reins from the sacked Mario Ledesma in early 2022 – will be viewed as a success games

A first-ever win over the All Blacks in New Zealand last summer and a World Cup semi-final is not a bad return games

But in terms of the ‘eye test’, the Pumas never looked like an elite side and there’s a nagging feeling that they haven’t moved forward under the Australian games

Cheika’s preferred coaching style of creating a ‘siege mentality, us against the world’ environment always seemed at odds with the largely personable Argentina squad games

Media availability was limited – perhaps a poor fit for the historically open Pumas – and a bubble created around the team games

Putting your stamp on things in just an 18-month period is tough, with Felipe Contepomi always slated to become head coach after the World Cup and learning the ropes as part of Cheika’s coaching team in the interim games

The legendary Pumas fly half, who is also a cult hero at Leinster following playing and coaching spells there, will likely provide a different strategy in the build-up to the 2027 World Cup and it will be fascinating to see what he’s taken from his time working under Cheika games

As for the Australian, he departs with his reputation certainly not damaged and maybe even enhanced games

The 56-year-old will undoubtedly be in demand around the rugby world and should be able to have his pick from a number of exciting coaching opportunities games

“It is not a sad moment,” insisted Cheika in the aftermath of defeat in Paris games

“It’s a moment I’m proud of my team games

We were in the semi-final of a World Cup games

”Yes, they were games

But the suspicion that there was a version of this Pumas side that still had more to give remains games

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Phil Foden believes England are enjoying “great times” and is relishing being among a wealth of attacking options, even if they mean he is not a certain starter at Euro 2024 games

The Manchester City forward started England’s 3-1 win over Italy at Wembley on Tuesday night as the hosts secured qualification to next summer’s finals in Germany games

The Euro 2020 runners-up will no doubt be among the favourites to win the tournament after another strong showing throughout the qualifying campaign games

“These are definitely great times for England,” said Foden games

“We’ve reached a final now and we want to keep doing that games

We’ve had a taste for it and we want to be in the big games and the big occasions and we’ve got experience on the pitch to do that so we are enjoying it games

RecommendedEngland player ratings as Marcus Rashford shines but Kalvin Phillips struggles in Italy comebackEngland supporters who boo Jordan Henderson are ‘not proper fans’, says Harry MaguireEngland reveal the flaws of Italy’s high-risk Spallettiball“I thought it was a brilliant performance games

I thought our defensive work was really good games

When you come up against the likes of Italy you’ve got to defend sometimes because they have a great quality games

“We showed that throughout the game, not just attacking, but the defending side as well so I’m delighted with the result games

That’s where we want to be, beating these big teams so we are really happy games

”A treble-winner with City last season, Foden now has 29 senior England caps but is not an automatic starter for his country games

We've reached a final now and we want to keep doing that games

We've had a taste for it and we want to be in the big gamesPhil FodenBoss Gareth Southgate has plenty of attacking talent at his disposal, with Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, who missed this international break with a foot injury, arguably ahead of Foden in the current pecking order games

“Bukayo is a quality player, every time he puts on an England shirt he is at least a seven out of 10,” Foden told BBC Radio 5Live games

“He is a fantastic player and it’s exciting, because we’ve still got big players to come back and help us as well games

“So it shows the depth of the squad and, if I’m not starting, I want to come on and try and change the game, so I’m here to help the team as best as I can games

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