AFP – Argentina take on Japan in Nantes on Sunday in both team’s last Pool ‘D’ match, with veteran Pumas hooker Agustin Creevy describing it as “another final”.
The winner will qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals alongside already-qualified England.
The loser will miss out.
“We are well, knowing the importance that this match has for us,” said Creevy.
“It is a round-of-16 decider. Another final that we have to overcome. We are confident and convinced of what we have in front of us on Sunday.”
Creevy, in his fourth World Cup at the age of 38, added: “We are training very well, trusting in what we have been doing for a long time. We have to continue highlighting things and improving others.
“Personally, I am taking it very calmly, enjoying it game by game, and this week enjoying day by day. I think that if we do things well, the team will respond.
“If we want to be in the final, semi-final or quarter-final, we have to get through this match first so it’s really important for us.
“We have to stay connected and believe in ourselves. Obviously, it is an important game, but not the most important in our history.”
Losing, however, was not something in Creevy’s mindset.
“You don’t think about that,” said Creevy, who skippered the Pumas to the 2015 World Cup semi-finals.
