Argentina at the 2008 Olympic Games: squad, results and more

There is less and less time left until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begin and in recent days there has been a lot of talk regarding players from the senior soccer team participating in this enormous competition.

It is for this reason that in 90min In this article we want to review what was the Argentine National Team that won the gold medal in the Olympic Games. Beijing in the year 2008.

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Sergio Batistaworld champion in 1986, was in charge of thinking, forming and choosing what both the squad for the competition and the teams for each match would be like. On this occasion, the technical director chose to mix two litters.

Therefore, the roster was made up of footballers who would go to defend their gold medal since they were champions previously in 2005 with the U-20 as Ustari, Navarro, Garay, Zabaleta, Gago, Messi, Agüero. Others who were part of the 2007 squad, Romero, Fazio, Banega, Di María and Acosta, complete the team with Buonanotte, Sosa, Lavezzi, Couple and Monsoon, while the star card were nothing more and nothing less than Javier Mascherano and Juan roman riquelme.

This team has undoubtedly marked a before and after, leaving a very important mark on this sport and especially in this competition.

In order to reach the gold medal, the team had to play 6 matches where they had to go through some obstacles along the way.

Starting from the base, the starting goalkeeper that time was Oscar UstariHowever, an injury in the semi-final with Brazil left him out of the field and in his place, today recognized as Sergio “Chiquito” Romero to begin writing your link with Argentina.

Previously, in the quarterfinals, those led by Batista tied against the Netherlands in regulation time and only in the 105th minute did Di María appear to give Argentina the victory.

A colorful fact is that only two Argentine athletes have managed to obtain the gold medal twice, in this case, the “little boss” Mascherano He is the owner of two gold medals, in 2004 and 2008.

Argentina 2 – Ivory Coast 1

Argentina 1 – Australia 0

Argentina 2 – Serbia and Montenegro 0

Argentina 2 – Holland 1

Argentina 3 – Brazil 0

Argentina 1 – Nigeria 0

Beating your classic rival must be one of the most beautiful sensations in the world, but doing it in an eliminatory stage like a semifinal increases its value.

The Argentine National Team won 3 to 0 Brazil who was the favorite candidate to win the gold medal, but it could not be, since he found himself against a team that really wanted to win and was surprised with a double of Sergio “el Kun” Agüero and one of Riquelme from the penalty kick so that the Albiceleste team seals its place in the final.