It is already known which shirt the Argentine national team will wear for the duel against the Netherlands

The Argentine national team has just left Australia away and, led by a superlative Lionel Messi, prevailed in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar. Lionel Scaloni’s team he used the alternative shirt against Poland to close out the group stage, finally returned to wearing the classic kit against Australia and will repeat the formula next Friday.

And it is that days after the clash against Holland, FIFA has already announced the kits that each of the teams will wear through their portal. In the information graphic it is specified that the Netherlands will wear all orange, as well as in the match against the United States for the round of 16. The Dutch goalkeeper, on the other hand, will change course and go back to the green. It should be remembered that in the last game, Andries Noppert wore a magenta uniform.

Argentina will once again wear the Albiceleste shirt, the one used in three of the four matches played on Qatari soil. The case of Holland is different, given that while the players on the field will jump onto the field with the classic set, the goalkeeper in this case will also repeat himself. As against Australia, Dibu Martínez will wear the red shirt, the one with which he starred in the harrowing victory save against Garang Kuol.

On the other hand, the FIFA report specifies that the referee will wear black, while the Argentine substitutes will wear green training bibs and the Dutch substitutes will wear purple training bibs. Both teams will thus repeat the formula of that match corresponding to the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, in which Argentina beat the Dutch.

How did Argentina do with the Netherlands?

If there’s one rival Argentina has an unfavorable record against, it’s the Netherlands, or Holland, as all football fans still call them. Next Friday, for the quarter-finals, it will be the tenth match in history and Albiceleste won only once, that unforgettable final in 1978 in which they won their first World Cup. Furthermore, it will be the fifth clash in a World Cup, with two Argentinian and two Dutch celebrating.

The short story began in 1974 when A Clockwork Orange was at its peak. Miguel Angel Brindisi has admitted more than once that he only twice heard that a rival danced him on the field. And it was in the first confrontation, in Amsterdam on May 26, a few days before the start of the World Cup in Germany. The Netherlands won 4-1.

Exactly one month later, on June 26, they met at the semi-final stage of the championship. Previous experience was useless. Once again, Johan Cruyff’s team won by four goals to nil. Then came the final, which began by winning 1-0 after two minutes by penalty generated by pure touch and after a great play by Cruyff who entered the area with pure dribbling and without any German being able to touch the ball. Subsequently, Germany turned the tables, winning 2-1 to become champions.

That Dutch team went down in history and four years later, without Cruyff, who gave up playing in the ’78 World Cup so as not to leave his family after the kidnapping he had suffered together with his wife and three children a year earlier in Barcelona, ​​he returned to the final. Against Argentina. In regular time, they drew 1-1, with goals from Mario Alberto Kempes and Dick Nanninga with 8 minutes remaining. In extra time, with goals from Matador and Daniel Bertoni, Argentina cries champion.

A year later, they relived the World Cup final in Bern, Switzerland for FIFA’s 75th anniversary. It was May 22 and, now with Diego Maradona on the field, they drew 0-0. Since there was a cup up for grabs, it went to penalties. And Argentina prevailed 8 to 7. Diego made his save and Pato Ubaldo Fillol saved two.

The fifth duel in history was the third in the world. With little memory for Argentina of how the match was defined. It was at France 98, in Marseille, for the quarter-finals, like now. The Netherlands opened the scoring after 12 minutes through Patrick Kluivert and equalised. Louse Claudio López five minutes later.

The Oranges were left one down following Numan’s dismissal but, with three minutes remaining, Burrito Ortega was also shown the red card for heading rival goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar after a play in which he had claimed a penalty. After a card and one minute from the end, Dennis Bergkamp dropped a quality ball and definitely better defined to seal the 2-1.

The last two matches were at the World Cup and both ended 0-0, the first, in Germany 2006, was the third match of the group stage, the two had already qualified and were playing with alternative teams. The second, in Brazil 2014, was a very tough semi-final, very tight and without a goal after 120 minutes. Chiquito Romero was a hero: he saved two penalties as Argentina won 4-2 and qualified for the final, which they lost 1-0 to Germany.