Argentina ended Saturday with a long title drought after 16 competitions and nearly three decades of disappointment, more precisely after winning the 1993 America’s Cup.
At the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, ngel Di Maria’s 22nd-minute goal in the final against Brazil brought the 15th Copa America victory for the albi-celeste team, who had not tried a conquest for a while. 28 years …
After winning in 1993 in the final against Mexico (2-1), in Ecuador, Argentina lost five finals and lost once in the semifinals, seven in the “quarter-finals”, two in the “round of 16”. and again in the group stage.
Among so many failures, some were much more expensive than others, six of which, corresponding to 37.5%, occurred in the penalty shootout lottery.
The first of many disappointments came in 1994, in the fourth and final World Cup final, Diego Armando Maradona, who, after a difficult debut in 1982, in which he said goodbye to being sent off, became the 1986 champion. He is with Argentina on the “back” and “vice”, “stolen” in 1990.
The D10s started dazzling against Greece (4-0) and Nigeria (2-1) and Argentina looked very strong, but after the second game everything fell apart due to the “dope” from El Pibe: two losses and a knockout in “ eighth “against Romania (2-3).
The “era” of Maradona, who died last year, ended there, and it took the albi-celestes a long time to find themselves, adding four consecutive eliminations in the “quarters” (Copa America 1995, 1997 and 1999 and World Cup 1998). and then an incredible elimination from the group stage of the 2002 World Cup.
Eleven years after the 1993 America’s Cup, the Argentines returned to the final of the same competition in 2004 in Peru and were very close to the title, leading the score 1: 0, and after Benfica Luizao’s player drew, 2. -1, already on 87 minutes.
It seemed that the goal of Cesar Delgado put an end to the “drought” of the Argentines, but in stoppage time, on minute 90 + 3, “emperor” Adriano equalized the score, and on penalties – since there was no extra time – – Brazil won 4: 2.
At the 2006 World Cup, the Argentines again lost penalties, which they lost in the quarterfinals to Germany (2: 4, after 1: 1 in 120 minutes), but in 2007 a new America’s Cup final took place, this time playing a lot with albi-celeste …
Alfio Basile’s squad with the furor boy Messi won the first five games with 16 goals and three goals conceded and seemed unstoppable, but in the final they again bumped into Brazil, which won 3. -0.
With Maradona as coach, Argentina failed in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals (0-4 with Germany), and the following year, under Sergio Batista’s command, the Copa America was at the same level. At home, Uruguay is back on penalties (4-5, after 1-1).
In three years, from 2014 to 2016, Argentina has achieved the “unthinkable”, reaching three finals in a row, the first in the World Cup and the next two in the FIFA World Cup, but unfortunately lost all three, none in 90 minutes.
In 2014, he was again defeated by Germany in extra time (Goetze decided in the 113th minute), and in the next two years he always fell against Chile on penalties and after 120 minutes without a goal, the first 4-1 and then 4-2 …
The injury persisted and Argentina fell to the “Round of 16” at the 2018 World Cup, losing 4-3 to France, which later became champions, which improved something in the 2019 America’s Cup, in which they lost to hosts Brazil in socks”. ‘(0-2).
Two years later, on the same stage and against the same rival, Lionel Scaloni’s “eleven” proved to be even stronger and finally managed to end the “drought”.
Lionel Messi he finally won, at the age of 34 and in the fifth final, the first title for an Argentine soccer team., career goal, lifelong goal, America’s Cup that fills the void in your career.
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