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Mon 10 Oct 2007Tired Pumas do just enoughRUGBY/Argentina 19 Scotland 13:As was right and fitting, Argentina duly reached their first ever semi-final of a World Cup and next Sunday they will meet the Springboks. On the balance of this quarter-final, the world's fourth-ranked side deserved that much, but in keeping with the nature of this extraordinary weekend they were hard-pushed.Too conservative for their own good, Argentina found it difficult to play against a side who play even less rugby than themselves.