Argentina and an unprecedented paternity over Brazil: from the Maracanazo de la Scaloneta to the epic qualification for Paris

THE Argentina Under 23 team who drives Javier Mascherano achieved an epic and historic qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held twice. Or triple. The fact is that the former central midfielder’s team not only won “a final” against his classic Brazil which entered him into the competition in France, but also excluded him. And this victory adds to those achieved in the Copa América final at the Maracaná.

Last November the senior national team led by Lionel Scaloni achieved another sensational victory in Rio de Janeiro in the Qualifiers: it was 1-0 with a goal from Otamendi to stay at the top of the Qualifiers and give another slap to its historic rival. Furthermore, with that victory, the national team was ahead in history (40 to 39) over Verdeamarela.

Three days after the victory of the senior national team Maracana Of Qualifiers, Argentina he repeated in front of Brazil in the classic, this time beating them 3-0 and securing a place in the semi-finals Under 17 World Cup this has been disputed Indonesia.

The triumph of the albiceleste led by Diego Placente he arrived with a hat-trick Claudio Echeverrii.e. the little devilthe jewel of River Plate who would later be sold to Manchester City.

That superiority of the boys led by Placente came with the fresh memory of Scaloneta’s triumph in Rio de Janeiro, interrupting a historic streak of the Canarinha played at home in qualifying for the senior World Cup. But it also leaves an unprecedented scenario that reaffirms Argentina’s paternity over Brazil.

The national team has won the latest classics played in the most important competitions in each category: Senior World Cup, Under 20 World Cup, Olympics, Copa América, the aforementioned Qualifiers and Under 17 World Cup and now extends the record with the victory of the group directed by Mascherano.

To what was done in Indonesia, at the Maracaná and at the Preolimpica in Venezuela we must then add the last duel in World Cupsthat unforgettable 1-0 Italy 90 thanks to chance and the connection between Diego Armando Maradona AND Claudio Caniggiawho dribbled past Taffaril like El Diablito did this Friday.

The antecedent for the World under 20 It happened in 2005, which saw Messi shine for the first time in blue and white, lifting the Cup. It was a 2-1 win with a goal from Leo and another from Pablo Zabaleta on the hour mark to take the lead. the end.

In the Olympic Games In 2008, in Beijing, Messi appeared again, including in the semifinals. Argentine football was preparing to win its second gold medal in football and to do so it had to beat Brazil Ronaldinho: it was 3-0 with two goals from Kun Aguero is one of Juan Roman Riquelmecriminal.

It is worth remembering the clash of the senior national team for the Copa América, in the final of America’s Cup 2021 which was played in Brazil. The 1-0 with a goal from Di María gave Argentina its first title after a 28-year drought and the beginning of one of the most glorious phases of Argentine football. Enjoy.

The 1-0 with a goal from Luciano Gondou which gave the victory over Brazil and the qualification for the Argentine national team adds a fact that does not appear in the statistics: in addition to surpassing him in history and in the sum of victories, the blue and white jersey ends up celebrate in transcendental matches. This, added to the numbers, makes clear an unprecedented superiority over the five-time world champion.