La Scaloneta continues without losing and does not stop setting new records

The next 2 July will be three years since the last defeat of the national team, with Brazil (0-2) in the semi-finals of Copa América. Since, Argentina has broken many of the records accumulated in 120 years of history. The most important, of course, is the one with the most unbeaten games, which has now reached 33, with 22 wins and eleven draws. But it is not the only one.

The streak of unbeaten games continues to increase. In March, against Ecuador, from 1991 to 1993 it reached 31 games and equaled the registered trademark of the Coco Alfio Basile cycle. Moreover, in the meantime, they have played two games against the Rest of America and the Rest of the World, which they have not even lost, but due to the characteristics of the rival they are not considered “International Matches A” for FIFA. Against Italy he overtook him and now after beating Estonia he has reached 33.

Also, It is the fourth most important unbeaten series of all teams in the world.. And he’s down four games from Italy’s record last year, which went 37 games without losing. If they do not lose in the next friendlies window, they will reach second place behind Brazil (1993-96) and Spain (2007-09), both with 35. Although it is not yet known whether they will be two or three games.

Because FIFA has ruled that on 22 September he will have to play with Brazil the match was suspended for qualifiers on 5 September 2021 at the San Pablo, when just 5 minutes had been played. It will be an official match and there you can set another record. Against Italy he reached 26 games without losing any points (Copa América, Qualifications and Grand Final) and equaled the score set by the team then led by Guillermo Stábile between 1945 and 1956 (all Copa América).

A detail of the unbeaten streak is that Argentina already have 2,120 minutes without being at a disadvantage. The last time it happened was on November 12, 2020 against Paraguay, who in the 21st minute of the first half, at Monumental, won 1-0 with a goal from Angel Romero from a penalty. Subsequently, Nicolás González equalized with a header in the 40th minute of the opening phase. From there, another 23 games have passed. In Coco Basile’s 31 streak wins, he has played 16 games in a row without going behind.

In this context, two individual records. Lionel Messi continues to grow his story. With these five goals he has reached 86 goals for the Azzurri and Bianconeri and has already taken 32 from the second, Gabriel Batistuta. But in addition, he overtook Ferenc Puskas and was in fourth place among the top scorers of the national teams. In front of Cristian Ronaldo (Portugal), 115 in 188 games; Ali Dael (Iran), 109 in 149; and Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia), 89 out of 143. Lionel has 162 games. In fifth place was Puskas, who scored 84 goals in 89 games.

The other individual sign is that of Rodrigo De Paul, who has played 31 of his 33 streak victories and overtook Oscar Ruggeri (1991-93) and Sergio Agüero (2010-2014), who reached 30 unbeaten games. Furthermore, De Paul is the player with the most appearances in Scaloni’s cycle: 40 out of 47.

Among many brands, another detail: he has scored eight goals in the last two games, and has not received any, this time with Franco Armani in goal. And in the last twelve games they have barely made two. Another sign of the solvency of the Argentine team that never ceases to amaze.