Agüero’s history with the Argentine national team began on September 2, 2006 with the start of the second cycle of Alfio “Coco” Basile as coach.
A few months after being transferred from Independiente to Atlético Madrid in a millionaire figure, Agüero was summoned by Basile to play a friendly in London against Brazil.
At 15 minutes into the second half and with the score 1-0 against, Agüero entered by Carlos Tevez and on the field of play he witnessed the other two goals from Brazil that completed the resounding 3-0 final.
In mid-2007, “Kun” headed the squad of the U-20 team that won the World Cup in Canada and became two-time youth champion after having integrated the title in Holland in 2005 with his great friend. Lionel Messi.
In Canada, Agüero was captain of the team led by Hugo Tocalli, scorer and the best player of the tournament took the first.
The forward was once again in the consideration of Basile and was part of the squad that played the South American Qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
On November 17, 2017, at the age of 19, Agüero scored his first goal with the “albiceleste” shirt and it was just in his debut as a starter in the 3-0 victory over Bolivia at the Monumental stadium.
Almost a year later, the footballer emerged from “Rojo” was also from the beginning in the defeat against Chile (1-0) that triggered the departure of Basile and the subsequent arrival of Diego Armando Maradona, his father-in-law at that time.
With “Pelusa” as DT, Agüero traveled to South Africa to play his first World Cup. In the second game of the group stage and with 16 on his back, “Kun” was released after entering again for Tevez.
After Diego’s departure, Agüero made his debut in the 2011 Copa América in Argentina with Sergio Batista at the helm.
In another September 2011, Agüero, a new Manchester City reinforcement, was at Alejandro Sabella’s debut as coach of the Argentine team.
Agüero was important in the “Pachorra” cycle and his key goal for the victory over Colombia (2-1) in Barranquilla is always remembered, which set the course for the team towards the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Agüero, already consolidated as an international figure due to his presence at City, physically reached the limit for his second World Cup appearance.
With number 20, the attacker played the first phase, missed the round of 16 and quarter-finals, returned for the semifinal and in the final against Germany he entered through Ezequiel Lavezzi in one of the most questioned changes in Sabella’s cycle.
The “Kun” was also in the two fateful finals lost to Chile in the 2015 and 2016 Copa América.
The traumatic road to the 2018 World Cup in Russia had him as the protagonist but due to injury he missed the last two games (Peru and Ecuador) that sealed the classification.
Again an injury did not allow him to reach his third World Cup in the best physical condition but it was in Russia 2018 where he scored his only two goals. The first in the debut with a tie against Iceland (1-1) and the other was in discount before the elimination against France in the round of 16.
Agüero was not in the first matches of Lionel Scaloni’s cycle but he returned to play his fourth Copa América in Brazil 2019.
Before closing the year, Agüero screamed his last goal with “Aalbiceleste” which was on November 18, 2019 in the friendly against Uruguay (2-2) in Tel Aviv.
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Injuries sidelined him from the start of the qualifiers for Qatar 2022 but Scaloni once again trusted “Kun” for the last Copa América in Brazil 2021.
As happened in the other cycles, Agüero had to compete for ownership and only in the last game of the group stage did he play from the beginning and was able to complete 100 appearances with the “albiceleste”.
The “Kun”, who had already said goodbye to Manchester City as a legend, played his last game with the team when he entered against Ecuador in the quarterfinals.
Although he did not have a primary participation, Agüero was able to remove the thorn and was one of the protagonists of the party that put together the squad in the locker room after winning the long-awaited title at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Source From: Ambito
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