The current champion of America tied 1-1 with Ecuador in Guayaquil, for the last date of the South American Qualifiers, and equaled the record with 20 wins and 11 draws over 25 official matches and six friendlies.
On that undefeated streak, Argentina became champion of the last Copa América and ended a 28-year drought that had lasted since 1993, precisely when Basile’s National Team was crowned in the South American arena in Ecuador ’93.
Argentina’s last defeat occurred on July 2, 2019 against Brazil (0-2) at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, for the semifinals of the Copa América.
Four days later, at the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, Scaloni’s team began its positive streak with a victory over Chile (2-1) in the match for third place, which had as a particularity the expulsion of Lionel Messi after a fight with defender Gary Medel.
The undefeated in the first technical cycle of “Coco” Basile extended from his debut against Hungary (2-0), on February 19, 1991, until the defeat against Colombia (1-2) in the Metropolitan Stadium of Brranquilla, the August 15, 1993, for the United States ’94 World Cup Qualifiers.
During that period he crowned two Copa América (Chile ’91 and Ecuador ’93), a Kirin World Annual Cup (Japan ’92) and a FIFA Confederations Cup (Saudi Arabia ’92).
The streak of that Selection of Sergio Goycoechea, Oscar Ruggeri, Diego Simeone and Gabriel Batistuta, among others, also includes two games that are not recognized by FIFA: a 2-0 victory over Rest of America, on September 25, 1991 and another win in a benefit match for the Rest of the World (3-0) played on October 29 of that same year.
The undefeated Lionel Scaloni in the Argentine National Team
1) 06-07-19 vs Chile 2-1, Copa America
2) 09-05-19 vs Chile 0-0, friendly
3) 09-10-19 vs Mexico 4-0, friendly
4) 09-10-19 vs Germany 2-2, friendly
5) 10-13-19 vs. Ecuador 6-1, friendly
6) 11-15-19 vs Brazil 1-0, friendly
7) 11-18-19 vs. Uruguay 2-2, friendly
8) 08-10-20 vs Ecuador 1-0, Qualifiers
9) 10-13-20 vs. Bolivia 2-1, Qualifiers
10) 12-11-20 vs. Paraguay 1-1, Qualifiers
11) 11-17-20 vs Peru 2-0, Qualifiers
12) 06-03-21 vs Chile 1-1, Qualifiers
13) 06-08-21 vs. Colombia 2-2, Qualifiers
14) 06-14-21 vs. Chile 1-1, Copa America
15) 06-18-21 vs. Uruguay 1-0, Copa America
16) 06-21-21 vs. Paraguay 1-0, Copa America
17) 06-28-21 vs. Bolivia 4-1, Copa America
18) 07-03-21 vs. Ecuador 3-0, Copa America
19) 06-07-21 vs. Colombia 1-1 (p), Copa América
20) 07-10-21 vs Brazil 1-0, Copa America
21) 02-09-21 vs Venezuela 3-1, Qualifiers
22) 09-09-21 vs. Bolivia 3-0, Qualifiers
23) 07-10-21 vs. Paraguay 0-0, Qualifiers
24) 10-10-21 vs Uruguay 3-0, Qualifiers
25) 10-14-21 vs Peru 1-0, Qualifiers
26) 12-11-21 vs. Uruguay 1-0, Qualifiers
27) 11-16-21 vs Brazil 0-0, Qualifiers
28) 01-27-22 vs Chile 2-1, Qualifiers
29) 02-01-22 vs. Colombia 1-0, Qualifiers
30) 03-25-22 vs Venezuela 3-0, Qualifiers
31) 03-29-22 vs. Ecuador 1-1, Qualifiers
Source: Ambito
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