The definition next Sunday at 12:00, against France or Morocco, will be the second of the era of Lionel Messiwho will seek his revenge after losing to Germany in extra time in the last match of Brazil 2014.
Under the command of Alejandro Sabellathe National Team played that afternoon at the Macaraná in Rio de Janeiro a final that it had not reached for 24 years when Germany also beat it 1-0 in Italy ’90.
The result came to fruition five minutes from the end with a controversial penalty penalized by Mexican Edgardo Codesal and converted by defender Andreas Brehme.
That match at the Olympic Stadium in Rome was the second and last for Diego Maradona with the cup at stake, four years after being crowned in Mexico 1986 with a 3-2 victory against the Germans at the Azteca Stadium.
Eight years earlier, in Argentina 1978won his first World Cup in the second attempt, defeating the Netherlands 3-1 in extra time at the Monumental stadium.
The first final was played in the edition Uruguay 1930 and it was also a defeat against the host team, which won 4-2 at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo.
Argentina and the finals in the soccer World Cup
* Uruguay 1930: vs. Uruguay 2-4 (Carlos Peucelle and Guillermo Stábile).
* Argentina 1978: vs. Netherlands 3-1 (Mario Kempes 2 and Daniel Bertoni).
* Mexico 1986: vs. Germany 3-2 (José Luis Brown, Jorge Valdano and Jorge Burruchaga).
* Italy 1990: vs. Germany 0-1.
* Brazil 2014: vs. Germany 0-1.
Source: Ambito
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