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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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Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus is set to be out “for a few weeks” due to a hamstring injury, manager Mikel Arteta has said games

Jesus inspired Arsenal’s 2-1 win at Sevilla on Tuesday with a goal and an assist but was forced off with 10 minutes to go while feeling his hamstring games

The Brazilian missed the start of the season due to injury and had only just returned to full fitness alongside Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli in Arsenal’s front three games

Arsenal face Sheffield United on Saturday before Arteta’s side travel to West Ham in the Carabao Cup and Newcastle in the Premier League in a key run of fixtures games

But Jesus could now be ruled out until the November international break as Arteta confirmed the “really bad news” for Arsenal games

"The scans show that there is a muscle injury games

We might miss him for a few weeks again," Arteta said on Friday games

"With Gabi I cannot give you any time frame because he always surprises us games

He felt something there, it was a really awkward action games

"It’s true that he had quite a lot of load in those games playing with the national team and with us which he hasn’t done in a long, long time games

That’s really bad news for us games

"Gabriel Jesus picked up the injury in the 2-1 win at Sevilla (Reuters)Thomas Partey was also ruled out of the home fixture against Sheffield United as Arteta confirmed the thigh injury that saw him miss out on the trip to Spain will see him miss “a few weeks” games

"We don’t know the extent of it still, he has more tests today,” Arteta said games

“He got that injury in training, with the last kick of the ball games

Very unfortunate games

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