The fever for the Argentine national team does not stop: the series debuts on the Scaloneta, on an emblematic date

The Argentine national team excites everyone, with dream numbers, an unbeaten team that has accumulated three years without defeat and two consecutive titles that not only ended 28 years of endless drought but also took place in two epic stages: the Maracana against Brazil and Wembley against Italy. There is no doubt, the team of Lionel Messi and Lionel Scaloni make the square. Or a series.

This was the idea of ​​Amazon Prime Video, the platform that for years has been behind series or biopics related to the world of sport and football, such as those dedicated to Diego Simeone, Sergio Ramos, Manchester City or the one who recreated the life of Diego Maradona, among many others. And now it’s up to the Scaloneta.

This Tuesday Amazon Prime Video announced the date on which the audiovisual material dedicated to this lucky cycle of the Albiceleste will already have a preview date, and it will be an emblematic day for all Argentines.

July 10, no less than a year after being consecrated in the Copa América final, will be the day when “Argentina Selection, the series” (this will be its name) will be available on Amazon Prime Video.

“‘Argentina selection, the series’ follows the path of the national team to lift the World Cup. Also shows as coach Lionel Scaloni relive the charm of the national team and the hopes of the fans “, summarized by the streaming app, one of the most popular of the moment, which promises to grow its number of subscribers thanks to Scaloneta.

And he adds: “The series tells the story of the Argentine soccer team, Albiceleste, from the point of view and from the DNA of Argentine players who are admired and respected around the world.”

In the series on the National team you will see the behind the scenes of the team led by Messi, and it will be like that available in more than 240 countries of all the world.

The series will focus on “rebuilding the victorious Argentine squad after the arrival of new manager Lionel Scaloni,” according to Amazon Prime. And according to what the production company has made known, the amalgamation that has developed between the young talents that the DT has added with the experience of references such as Di María and Messi will have great prominence.

While in football the previous one to Qatar 2022 for now has only one match in September against Brazil, postponed by the South American qualifiers, Scaloneta already has a date marked on the calendar: the premiere of its series.

All the records of the national team

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 then, Argentina has broken many of the records accumulated in its 120-year 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, he reached 31 games and equaled the Coco Alfio Basile cycle record recorded between 1991 and 1993. In addition, in that period, he played two games against the Rest of America and the Rest of America. of the World, which he did not lose either, 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.

In addition, 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 ruled that on September 22 they would have to play the suspended match for the qualifiers with Brazil on September 5, 2021 in Sao Paulo, 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 run is that Argentina already have 2,120 minutes without being behind. 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 Daei (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. De Paul is also the player with the most appearances in Scaloni’s cycle: 40 out of 47.

Rodrigo De Paul and an individual sign: 31 games without losing with the Azzurri. Photo: REUTERS / David Klein Rodrigo De Paul and an individual record: 31 games without losing against the Biancocelesti. Photo: REUTERS / David Klein Among many brands, another detail: he has scored eight goals in the last two games, and has not conceded 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.