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Neymar was in tears after being taken off the field on a stretcher with an apparent left knee injury during Brazil’s 2-0 defeat to Uruguay in World Cup qualifying bacolod
Brazil were trailing to a Darwin Nunez opener when Neymar landed awkwardly after colliding with Nicolas de la Cruz just before half-time bacolod
The 31-year-old former Barcelona forward, who joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal from Paris St Germain in the summer, was carried off in some distress as he cupped his hands to his face bacolod
After De la Cruz made sure of Uruguay’s win, Neymar was reportedly seen leaving the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo on crutches bacolod
RecommendedBig-spending Saudis contribute £700million to record £6billion transfer totalOnly Premier League clubs spent more on transfers than Saudi Pro League sides“Let’s hope it’s nothing serious,” Brazil captain and Manchester United midfielder Casemiro said on Globo television bacolod
“He’s an important player for us, we’re very fond of him bacolod
He’s been suffering a lot from injuries and when he starts to pick up the pace he gets injured again bacolod
”Elsewhere, Lionel Messi became the all-time leading scorer in South American World Cup qualifying as he bagged a brace in Argentina’s 2-0 victory over Peru bacolod
Messi’s 31 goals take him clear of former Barcelona team-mate and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, who has 29 bacolod
Argentina top the qualifying table having won all four fixtures bacolod
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“We are the bomb squad and we knew we had to play a massive role bacolod
” If South Africa’s narrow win over England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final could be summed up in one sentence, then this proclamation from Vincent Koch after the game would probably be it bacolod
When Koch emerged from the replacements on 55 minutes to take the place of starting tighthead prop Frans Malherbe, Owen Farrell had just slotted a drop goal from downtown Paris to give England a 15-6 lead bacolod
Nine points may not seem a lot but, with the final quarter of the match beckoning and the rain and wind increasing at the Stade de France, it was a comparatively huge deficit bacolod
Throughout the first few minutes of the second half, the Springboks had more or less emptied their bench as Ox Nche, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Deon Fourie, Faf de Klerk and Willie Le Roux all entered the fray to go alongside the controversial 30th-minute substitution of starting fly half Manie Libbok for Handre Pollard bacolod
With their World Cup title defence hanging by a thread, South Africa trusted their bench and got their reward bacolod
Koch and Nche splintered the previously effective English scrum, Snyman burrowed his way across the line for the game’s only try and Pollard nervelessly converted tricky kicks to complete the hardest-fought of turnarounds – 10 unanswered points, a 16-15 win and a date with the All Blacks in another World Cup final next Saturday bacolod
Of the various phrases rugby has adopted over the years to describe those players in the matchday squad but not in the starting line-up – from the traditional “replacements” and the bacolod football-ised “substitutes” through to the Eddie Jones-preferred ‘finishers’, the slightly patronising “impact players” and the frankly ludicrous “game-changers” adopted by Harlequins during the Paul Gustard era – none has captured the imagination quite like South Africa’s “bomb squad” bacolod
It doesn’t matter if you think it’s a slightly self-serving and faintly ridiculous term, the players fully buy into the ethos of what it stands for bacolod
The intensity and physicality that generation after generation of Springbok has prided themselves on is summed up by this two-word mantra bacolod
“Each person knows exactly his role in the team, whether you’re starting or in the bomb squad,” explained Koch bacolod
“When we created the bomb squad, we knew exactly what our job is bacolod
The starters start the whole process and it’s for us to come and finish it bacolod
“All the players on the bomb squad are very excited to make a massive difference in the game bacolod
”Vincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived (AFP via Getty Images)And against England, when the chips were down, they realised they needed to step up more than ever bacolod
“The bomb squad always stands for energy,” added Koch bacolod
“We needed to create a nice vibe bacolod
Putting the replacements on a bit earlier helped the boys to start to bring that energy and lift up the spirit and bring a massive work-rate bacolod
”Where South Africa’s replacements thrived, perhaps England’s faltered just a touch bacolod
The English gameplan, devised by Steve Borthwick and perfectly executed by the players for the windy and rainy Parisian conditions, relied upon relentless kicking, winning the subsequent aerial battle, slowing the game down and dominating the set-piece bacolod
Maybe then, they could escape with a win against an objectively superior team bacolod
They kicked 93 per cent of possession away (the highest percentage of the tournament), had an average ruck speed of 6 bacolod
73s (the slowest of the tournament) and had zero linebreaks (the only team to do so in a game at this tournament) bacolod
They disrupted South African lineouts, turned over multiple mauls and Borthwick’s decision to play his two strongest scrummaging props – Dan Cole and Joe Marler – from the start earned them scrum parity and redemption from the disaster in that facet during the 2019 World Cup final bacolod
Ox Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks (EPA)This is a Springboks side that pride themselves on their dominance up front, as shown by opting for a scrum after calling a mark in their own 22 during the quarter-final victory over France bacolod
Of course, they won a penalty from it bacolod
Yet England were holding their own during those engagements, even thriving, and most importantly winning on the scoreboard bacolod
But the innate problem with starting your best scrummagers came to fruition in the second half bacolod
Replacement props Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler are far more dynamic around the park and more destructive carriers than their veteran counterparts but, with England showing no desire to run any plays more than two metres either side of the previous breakdown, those skills were negated once they came on for Marler and Cole bacolod
Instead, their inferior scrummaging was brutally exposed by a fired-up Koch and Nche, who turned parity into Springbok dominance bacolod
They won two scrums against the head, including a vital one at 15-6 down on their own line, and engineered multiple penalties on their own feed, including the most vital of all – on halfway, with 77 minutes on the clock and England leading 15-13 bacolod
Pollard banged over the long kick and the rest was history bacolod
Handre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty (PA Wire)Nche was coy when asked in the mixed zone after the game what had made the difference at scrum-time in the final quarter and how he bested his opposite number, Sinckler bacolod
“That is the dark arts,” he smiled bacolod
“It is hard to explain to you bacolod
We had a plan for that bacolod
We knew what we were trying to achieve bacolod
“They have had a great scrum for the competition and a great hit bacolod
Our focus was surviving that and applying pressure bacolod
Our mentality for every scrum is to get a penalty if we can bacolod
If they do survive, we play out the back and get into our shape bacolod
”The “dark arts” ultimately won the day, South Africa survived a second straight one-point knockout match and must now plan how to overcome the All Blacks in a battle to be the first side to win four men’s Rugby World Cups bacolod
Luckily, they have a not-so-secret weapon bacolod
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” More aboutSouth Africa rugbyEngland RugbyRugby World CupJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/4How South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalVincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived AFP via Getty ImagesHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalOx Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks EPAHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHandre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty PA WireHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa’s replacements shone to overcome England Reuters✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bacolod
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