JAKARTA - The Argentina national football team is a men's international football team consisting of football players from all of the world's top leagues. The team plays in matches such as friendlies and international competitions. However, the main focus of each country's national team is to participate in the world cup.
There is a lot of background information about this South American soccer team. In this article, we will look at the details about this team in depth.
Profile overview
Team name: Argentina Nickname: La Albiceleste (The White and Blue) Association: Argentine Football Association (AFA) Head coach: Lionel Scaloni Captain: Lionel Messi Most appearances: Lionel Messi (160) Top scorer: Lionel Messi (81) Home stadium: Monumental Antonio V. Liberti FIFA code: ARG World Cup appearances: 17 (first in 1930) Best World Cup result: Champion (1978, 1986) Confederation: CONMEBOL FIFA RankingsThe Argentina squad is currently ranked 4th in FIFA as of March 2022 with 1765.13 points. However, they have had great form and have recently won the Copa America as well as the Finalissima. All of this has contributed to their current world ranking.
trophyThe Argentine national team has won a number of trophies. The following is a list of the awards this country has won:
World Cup 2x Confederations Cup 1x Copa America 15x Panamerican 7xTeam captainGritemos fuerte y unidos...🏆 ¡¡¡SOMOS CAMPEONES!!! pic.twitter.com/i8aiWz8slt
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) July 11, 2021
The captain of the Argentine national team is the Paris St. striker. The current Germain, Lionel Messi. The star forward is also the player with the most caps in the national association. The following is a brief summary of the captain's profile.
Player name: Lionel Andres Messi Nicknames: La Pulga, Atomic Flea, La Pulga Atomica, Leo Player age: 34 (as of June 2022) Date of birth: 24 June 1987 Place of birth: Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina Wife: Antonela Roccuzzo Jersey number: Current 10 clubs: Paris Saint Germain Former club: FC Barcelona Position: Right winger Optional foot: Left Player's height: 1.69 meters Net worth: 400 million US dollars Salary: 41 million US dollarsTrainer#Finalissima🎙️ Lionel Messi: "Fue una final hermosa, llena de argentinos. Lo que vivimos acá fue hermoso". pic.twitter.com/ungxQNc4sM
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 1, 2022
The current head coach of La Albiceleste is a former squad player, Lionel Sebastian Scaloni. Previously, he served as assistant manager before taking up the position of head coach.
Name: Lionel Sebastien Scaloni Date of birth: May 16, 1978 Place of birth: Pujato, Argentina Height: 1.82 metersTop player#SelecciónMayor La serie invicta de Scaloni al frente de la Selección llega a 33 partidos.📝 https://t.co/WHGBWIeeJT pic.twitter.com/ZyXLXctpeH
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 5, 2022
Diego Armando Maradona
Argentines cheered when Diego Armando Maradona scored against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals in Mexico. One of his controversial goals - famously dubbed the 'Hand of God' - was in absolute retaliation for Argentina, which was defeated by Queen Elizabeth's country in the War of Malvinas four years earlier.
At the Azteca Stadium, Maradona did two contradictory things. First, he scores goals using his hands. Second, the superstar made a solo run past six players including goalkeeper Peter Shilton to score Team Tango's second goal. Argentina advanced to the semifinals with a score of 2-1 after Gary Lineker, an Everton player, was only able to reduce the defeat of the Three Lions.
Maradona was enough to lead the Albiceleste to win the quarter-final match to make everyone fall in love with him. However, when he finally succeeded in leading the Tango Team to their second World Cup trophy, the story was certainly different.
Not only in Argentina, Maradona is also highly respected at the Napoli club. His face adorns the walls, billboards and holy places in the city of Naples even though his work has passed about 30 years ago.
In Italy, he spoke on behalf of the poor in the south of the country against the rich in the north. Not without reason, Maradona grew up in acute poverty and will always side with the oppressed which makes Napoli scorned by wealthy clubs in northern Italy who for him are the perfect team.
Few players have had so much influence on a club as Maradona did during his seven years for the Partenopei.
The club won the 1986-1987 and 1989-1990 Scudetto A, the 1986-1987 Coppa Italia, the 1988-1989 UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) and the 1990 Supercoppa Italiana while Maradona was there. However, there is much more to achievement than those statistics.
Maradona scored 115 goals for Napoli, including many of the best goals ever in Serie A, and set a club record that was only recently broken.
Maradona and Napoli beat northern teams such as Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, which are seen as the established group of Italian football aristocracy. Maradona instantly changed Serie A.
When Maradona's Argentina met Italy in Naples at the 1990 World Cup, some of the home fans did the unthinkable by cheering for the South American nation. Wonderful!
In Argentina, Maradona is considered God. His name is immortalized in various songs and a virtual "church" with 10 commandments of his own, which range from worshiping the former playmaker whose number 10 earned him the nickname D10S which is a play on the Spanish word meaning "God".
Argentine singer Calamaro in his song Maradona reveals, Maradona is not just any human being, he is a human attached to a ball of skin. Calamaro didn't care about the turmoil in Maradona's life. For him, Maradona remains a friend and a great person.
The "Maradona Church" of which Diego is "God" and has thousands of followers around the world, including commandments such as "Express your unconditional love for Diego and good football" and "Spread the magic of Diego throughout the universe" .
The Hand of God breathed his last at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack in Tigre, north of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, November 25, 2020.
As one church follower wrote on the group's Facebook page, "Football is dead. Nothing more to say. AD10".
The cult status of Diego Maradona around the world goes far beyond the greatness of football history itself. Penetrate continents, space, time, and age. His flaws made him human and his fighting nature earned him respect.
Maradona is the personification of Argentina and not only for his unmatched brilliance. His cunning, love for outsmarting opponents and his deep suspicion of authority mark his way of playing football.
In a sport where gentleness prevails, Maradona is willing to speak his heart and the people of Argentina love him because they see a part of him in Maradona, perhaps more than they admit.
His dangerous and often destructive passion is emblematic of what it means to be Argentinian where outpourings of great joy are often followed by deep, melancholy reflections.
Off the pitch, Maradona was passionate and wild, a petite man with great taste. He knows how to make other people angry and he doesn't care what people think. This behavior makes him both loved and hated.
Gabriel Batistuta
The moment that Argentina fans remember the most is the moment Gabriel Omar Batistuta scored hat-tricks against Greece and Jamaica in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.
Yes, the striker nicknamed Batigol did it on the same date, in the same event, all goals were scored using the right foot, and uniquely the third goal was both scored from the penalty spot with equally extraordinary strength.
It doesn't end there. At the World Cup, Batigol also became the fourth player to score two hat-tricks after Sandor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (France, 1958) and Gerd Muller (West Germany, 1970) but became the first and only player who scored a hat-trick in two different editions of the World Cup (1994 and 1998).
Batistuta is also the third player to score the most penalties in a World Cup (excluding shootouts) with four goals scored in 1994 and 1998, behind Eusébio (Portugal, 4 goals in 1966), and Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands, 4 goals). in 1978).
In addition to scoring penalties against Greece and Jamaica, Batistuta also scored through the penalty spot against Romania in the 1994 World Cup and against England in the 1998 World Cup. Both were in the last 16.
In addition, the former Fiorentina and AS Roma player is the 8th World Cup top scorer of all time (10 goals in three World Cup editions: 1994, 1998, 2002). Batigol shares a place with Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Gary Lineker (England), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru), Thomas Muller (Germany), Grzegorz Lato (Poland).
Batistuta was the record holder for the most international goals for Argentina with 54 goals (from 77 games) before being broken by Lionel Messi in 2016. Uniquely, the way they have listed themselves as Argentina's all-time top scorer is through free kicks.
Batistuta, passed Diego Maradona's goal score and became Argentina's top scorer after scoring a free kick goal against Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay) in 1996 in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. Meanwhile, Messi, surpassed Batistuta's goal record and became Argentina's top scorer through a free kick on goal. United States in the quarter-finals of the 2016 Copa America Centenario.
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi has often been the scapegoat for Argentina's failure in major tournaments such as the World Cup and Copa America. The captivating game that La Pulga practiced with Barcelona barely left a trace once he was costumed to La Albiceleste.
Before the 2018 World Cup in Russia rolls around, Messi is expected to be one of the standout superstars in this four-yearly grand football event. but what happened? Two matches passed, Messi's appearance was very disappointing.
However, Argentina's poor game, which was held to a 1-1 draw by Iceland and slaughtered by Croatia 3-0, was not entirely Messi's fault. Coach Jorge Sampaoli who does not have a standard formation for Team Tango is clearly one of the reasons. The reason is, Messi always has difficulty adapting to his 'new colleagues'.
At the back, against Iceland, Sampaoli put four players; Nicolas Tagliafico, Marcos Rojo, Nicolas Otamendi and Eduardo Salvio. Meanwhile in the match against Croatia, the former Chile coach installed three players: Tagliafico, Otamendi, and Gabriel Mercado. Different formations, different players.
In midfield, Enzo Perez often played during the World Cup qualifying rounds, including in the decisive match against Ecuador in October last year. But then Sampaoli dropped his name and preferred Manuel Lanzini to be brought to Russia.
The World Cup has not yet started, Lanzini is injured and Perez is called up again. How can a player who is no longer the first choice and hasn't even been played for a second in the opening match against Iceland be brought down from the early minutes in an important match against Croatia? This is absolutely ridiculous!
Up front, Sampaoli has decided not to use the services of Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi for unclear reasons. However, the attackers of his choice were not well optimized. Angel Di Maria (Ligue 1 champion with Paris Saint-Germain) who played against Iceland, did not play in the match against Croatia.
Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala (Serie A champion with Juventus) were only substitutes. Surprisingly, in the match against Croatia, Higuain replaced Sergio Aguero (the Premier League champion with Manchester City). Why not play together?
Messi doesn't seem to know his teammates well. As Croatia captain Luka Modric said after Croatia beat Argentina, Messi is a great player but he cannot work alone. Argentina has to help him. That is, the Argentine players besides Messi do not have good quality so they are unable to play as a team.
Take a look in Barcelona. Messi is often surrounded by the same players over the years. The axis of Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, and Sergio Busquets in the Pep Guardiola era or Andres Iniesta, Ivan Rakitic and Sergio Busquets in Luis Enrique's leadership plus several changes such as Cesc Fabregas and Seydou Keita made Messi so comfortable. As a result, dozens of titles are present in the La Blaugrana trophy cabinet.
Apart from that the quality of the Argentinian players - especially in midfield - is not on par with the quality of the Barcelona midfielders. Another problem is that Messi's burden is too heavy considering that all Argentines hope that he can bring back the World Cup trophy to his country after Diego Armando Maradona last played it in 1986.
One more thing, Messi is constantly being compared to Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, which makes his mind wander. His body is on the pitch but his mind is elsewhere. Messi never plays loose.
NicknameY que en tu risa vive el arte nico y bien nuestro pic.twitter.com/SglWI2upQ4
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 5, 2022
La Albiceleste (The White and Blue Sky) is the nickname of the Argentine national team.
2022 World Cup provisional squadThe following is a list of players for the Argentine national football team:
Goalkeeper
Emiliano Martinez Juan Musso Geronimo Rulli Franco Armanidefender
Lisandro Martinez Lucas Martinez Quarta German Pezzella Nicolas Otamendi Nicolas Tagliafico Juan Foyth Gonzalo Montiel Nahuel Molina#SelecciónMayor #Amistoso⏱ 35' PT⚽ @Argentina 1 #Estonia 0 pic.twitter.com/Auqk7npWDe
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 5, 2022
Midfielder
Guido Rodriquez Leandro Paredes Rodrigo de Paul Exequiel Palacios Cristian Medina Alexis Mac Allister Manuel LanziniStriker
Lucas Ocampos Nicolas Gonzalez Exequiel Zeballos Lionel Messi Angel Di Maria Angel Correa Joaquin Correa Lautaro Martinez Julian Alvarez Lucas Boye Argentina in the World CupThroughout the career journey of the Argentine national team at the World Cup, this team was recorded as a champion in 1978 and 1986. Let's look at Argentina's journey from the 1978 World Cup in their country to 2018 in Russia.
1978At the 1978 World Cup. Mario Kempes, Ubaldo Fillol, Alberto Tarantini, Leopoldo Luque and Daniel Valencia with long hair and tight pants, looked exciting throughout the tournament until they finally became champions at home.
1982Four years later in Spain, Argentina is still inhabited by a number of mainstay players in the 1978 edition, including Mario Kempes and Alberto Tarantini. Although only able to make it to the second round, this event became a major stage for superstar Diego Maradona's debut.
1986#Efemérides Hoy se cumplen 40 años del primer gol de #Maradona en un Mundial .⚽️ Aquella jornada, Diego marcó dos tantos para derrotar 4-1 a #Hungría . pic.twitter.com/YTX4OcE6lh
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 18, 2022
Entering the 1986 edition in Mexico, the tango dance with the flick of a hair has returned to its title. Although it doesn't fall below the shoulders, the hairstyles of Ricardo Giusti, Sergio Batista and Jorge Valdano are as attractive as the individual actions of Maradona who brought his country to a second title.
1990In 1990 in Italy, Claudio Caniggia who became the killer of Brazil and Italy really became a role model. Unfortunately, in this four-yearly grand tournament, Argentina lost to Germany in the final.
1994In the United States, 1994, Gabriel Batistuta, Claudio Caniggia and Fernando Redondo formed the most eye-catching longish trio. Coupled with the actions of midfielder Leonardo Rodriguez, Tim Tango successfully rolled Greece 4-1 through Batistuta's hat-trick and bent Nigeria 2-1 by scoring Caniggia's two goals in the group phase. Unfortunately, due to the fact that the captain, Diego Maradona, was proven to have used doping, La Albiceleste's steps were stopped in the round of 16.
1998#Efemérides Un día como hoy, pero de 1994, #Maradona convirtió su ltimo gol con la camiseta de la Selección @Argentina ️ Aquel día, la Albiceleste venció 4-0 a #Grecia con un tanto de Diego y tres de @GBatistutaOK. pic.twitter.com/yjRh7CDVll
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 21, 2022
Four years later, coach Daniel Passarella threw a tantrum by imposing a ban on long hair to his players. As a result, Fernando Redondo, who refused to cut his hair, was removed from the Tango Team. However, especially for Batistuta, because of the insistence of La Albiceleste supporters, Passarella still called him. In this edition, Argentina were eliminated by the Netherlands through Dennis Bergkamp's beautiful goal in the quarter-finals.
2002The year 2002 became the most pleasing World Cup to look at even though the results were very stifling. Argentina failed to qualify from the group stage! In this edition, Team Tango includes German Burgos, Mouricio Pochettino, Diego Placente, Juan Pablo Sorin, Claudio Husain, Matias Almeyda, Ariel Ortega, Gabriel Batistuta, Hernan Crespo and Claudio Caniggia.
2006Through a mix of seniors and juniors such as Hernan Crespo, Juan Pablo Sorin, Leandro Cufre, Fabricio Coloccini and Leo Franco, Jose Pekerman's troops did not lack for seasoning even though they eventually ran aground from Germany on penalties in the quarter-finals. The action of the captain, Sorin, in this tournament was also very attractive. His acceleration on the left side of La Albiceleste often troubles opposing defenders. This edition is also the debut of young Lionel Messi.
2010📆 #OTD in 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣6️⃣One of the greatest to ever grace the football pitch made his #FIFAWorldCup debut... And it didn't take him long to get into the action @afa | pic.twitter.com/qWVJhjJgeD
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 16, 2022
In South Africa, Lionel Messi served as team captain for the first time, in the final group stage match against Greece. A signal of the start of a cultural shift, a changing trend as well as a way of playing. Under the care of Diego Maradona's kegenda, Argentina were slaughtered by Germany 4-0 in the quarter-finals.
2014In Brazil, Argentina looked stunning throughout the tournament to penetrate the top party. However, in the decisive match against Germany, Lionel Messi and his friends conceded by Mario Gotze's single goal in extra time.
2018Russia 2018 was Argentina's worst performance in his career at the World Cup. La Albiceleste game can not be enjoyed. In the first two matches of the group stage, they only drew 1-1 with Iceland and lost 0-3 to Croatia. However, Nigeria's 2-0 win over Iceland provided a lifeline and destiny for Argentina to advance to the round of 16.
Yes, they then managed to win 2-1 against Nigeria in the final match of the group phase through goals from Lionel Messi and Marcos Rojo. However, in the round of 16, they could not do much when they were brushed by France with a 4-3 score, which later became champions.
2022 World CupThe Argentine national team has certainly qualified for the Qatar World Cup after being runner-up in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the CONMEBOL zone. Lionel Messi et al ready to act to fight for their third World Cup trophy.
The 2022 World Cup will be Messi's last. Currently, the PSG star has turned 34 years old. The possibility of Argentina winning the 2022 World Cup is quite open. This can be seen from Team Tango's journey in the qualifying round. They were unbeaten and only finished behind Brazil.
At the World Cup in Qatar, Argentina finished in Group C with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. Here is their schedule for their group stage matches:
Tuesday, 22 November 2022Argentina vs Saudi Arabia: 17:00 WIB Mexico vs Poland: 23:00 WIB Saturday, 26 November 2022Argentina vs Mexico: 23:00 WIB Sunday, 27 November 2022Poland vs Saudi Arabia: 02:00 WIB Thursday, 1 December 2022Poland vs Argentina: 02:00 WIB Saudi Arabia vs Mexico: 02:00 WIBThe English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
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