Argentina will face Australia for the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup in a match that promises to be exciting. La Albiceleste is one of the teams with the most history in the World Cups and wants to continue writing its path in this World Cup with the aim of being present in the decisive match on December 18.
There are very few occasions in which the Argentine National Team stayed in the group stage of a World Cup, the last being in the 2002 Korea & Japan edition when the team arrived as one of the candidates for the title but left every after. from a very poor performance in a group that he shared with England, Sweden and Nigeria.
Next we are going to review the last 5 participations of Argentina in the round of 16 of a World Cup:
Argentina defeated England 4-2 on penalties after drawing 2-2 in regulation time in a very special match for the Argentines. Batistuta and Zanetti scored the goals for the National Team led by Daniel Passarella
After a great group stage, José Pekerman’s team came up against a very complicated Mexican team that took the lead but would later end up eliminated thanks to Maxi Rodriguez’s historic goal.
It was the opposite of the duel in the previous World Cup. Diego Maradona’s La Albiceleste dominated the Aztec team with goals from Higuain and a double from Tevez (one of them clearly offside) and went to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 result.
With a lot of suffering, Sabella’s Argentina went to the next round with a goal from Di MarÃa in extra time after a great pass from Messi. In the last play the Swiss were very close to sending the match to penalties but the stick denied them the goal.
In a World Cup full of internal controversies, the Argentine National Team left through the back door after losing to France 4-3 in a result that does not show the superiority of the team that would end up being the champion of that World Cup.
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