Altogether, the Argentina He played nine times in the round of 16 with a record of six wins and three losses.
In that edition of Mexico 1986finished with the trophy in the hands of Diego MaradonaThe team of Carlos Salvador Bilardo beat Uruguay 1-0 with a goal from the striker Peter Paul Pasculli.
Four years later, in Italythe Argentina returned to face a South American tie in the round of 16 with a famous victory against Brazil (1-0), remembered among other things for the drum of white and the goal of Claudio Caniggia at 80 minutes after a large stack and enablement of Maradona.
The first frustration in the round of 16 came in United States 1994the day of removal before Romania (2-3) in the Rose Bowl at The Angels. The one selected from Alfio Basile He arrived with his spirits very beaten after the expulsion of Diego in the competition, after testing positive for doping in his analysis corresponding to the second game against Nigeria.
In the four successive antecedents, the Argentina He was able to advance to the quarterfinals with matches that are also part of the sweet World Cup memories. In 1998, the Selection left again on the road to Englandin the revenge after the mythological goals of Diego in the Aztec stadium of the Mexico City.
The hero of that night Saint Etienne, Francewas the goalkeeper Carlos Roawho contained the shots of paul ince Y david batty in the definition by penalties of a game tied 2-2 after regulation and extra time.
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Subsequently came two wins against Mexico in Germany 2006 Y South Africa 2010both with Lionel Messi on campus and with Maradona as DT, in the second of them. The first classification (2-1), in leipzigarrived with a “bombshell” of maxi rodriguez in the aggregate period and the last one, in johannesburgwith a 3-1 victory achieved with a brace from Carlos Tevez and as much of Gonzalo Higuain.
The most recent happy memory of round of 16 goes back to Brazil 2014 when the Argentina beat Swiss 1-0, with a goal from angel di maria in the second half of a close match in the Corinthians Arena of Saint Paul.
A contrast to what happened in Russia 2018 by the same instance, in which the team Jorge Sampaoli he said goodbye with a hard fall before the later champion France (2-4) in the Kazan Arena.
The third negative record in the round of 16 goes back to 1934 with a peculiarity: it consisted of the debut of a world Cup played with 16 teams in Italy under the fascist regime. The “albiceleste” team fell 3-2 against Sweden in the city of Bologna.
This Saturday he will face his tenth crossing when he meets Australia from 16:00 in the stadium ahmad bin ali.
Source: Ambito
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