Argentina in FIFA World cup 2010
The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Argentina has won most international titles by any national team – 19, a record shared with Uruguay.
Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, and is currently sixth in the FIFA world rankings. The team has twice won the FIFA World Cup, in 1978 and 1986. Argentina has won the Copa América 14 times, a record shared with Uruguay, won the Confederations Cup in 1992 and the Olympic Football Tournament in 2004 and 2008.
Argentina and France are the only national teams which have won the three most important men’s titles recognized by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament. They have both also won their respective continental championship (Copa América for Argentina, and UEFA European Football Championship for France).
La Selección, also known as the Albicelestes (Light blue and whites), has appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4-2 to Uruguay. Argentina won in their next final in 1978, beating the Netherlands 3-1. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3-2 victory over West Germany. Their most recent World Cup final was in 1990, which they lost 1-0 to Germany by a much disputed penalty. Argentina’s World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, and Carlos Bilardo in 1986.
Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it fourteen times and also winning the ‘extra’ South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and an Argentine team (with only three players of over 23 years of age included in the squad) won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
Argentina also won six of the fourteen football competitions at the Pan American Games, winning in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995 and 2003.In March 2007, Argentina reached the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time. Now Lets ahve a look on some of the important facts about Argentina National football team.
Argentina and Uruguay hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries. The two teams have faced each other 161 times since 1901. The first match against Uruguay was the first official international match to be played outside the United Kingdom. Marcelo Trobbiani was a member of the Argentina World Cup squad in 1986, but he only managed two minutes of play in the entire tournament, he came on in the 88th minute of the World Cup Final against West Germany. This two minutes of football equalled the world record for the shortest World Cup career set by Tunisia’s Khemais Labidi in 1978. In the 2006 World Cup Leandro Cufré was given a red card and sent off after the end of the Quarter Final game with Germany for his part in the brawl after the match, even though he was a substitute and had not participated in the game itself. It is the only occasion of a player being sent off in a FIFA World Cup match after the final whistle. Four years earlier, in the 2002 World Cup Claudio Caniggia was sent off for swearing at a match official from the substitute bench.
Argentina is no doubt a great team ever on the universe but they got traditional rivalries who are also considered as the best in the soccer world lets have a look on them.
Since very beginning the the world witnessed the rivalry of Brazil and Argentina. The Argentina and Brazil football rivalry is a highly competitive sports rivalry that exists between the national football teams of the two countries, as well as their respective sets of fans. Games between the two teams, even those that are only friendly matches, are often marked by notable and sometimes controversial incidents. This Rivalry is also called ‘The Battle of the South Americans’. The origins of the football rivalry between Argentina and Brazil can be traced to before football became so popular in both countries. During the colonization of the Americas, Spain and Portugal often fought each other to gain control over vast territories.
Today few remember wars and other political confrontations between both countries, and only recall matches, victories, goals and other sport-related incidents. Their rivalry is found in almost all sports, but a men’s football match between Argentina and Brazil is one that neither side wants to lose, and often acquires more importance than the championship within which it takes place.
Now both the nations have once again qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2010. On September 5th, 2009, the two nations played their second leg in the 2010 World Cup Qualifying at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario; the same stadium where they had played their 1978 World Cup match. The first result was a 0-0 tie in Brazil; but the Brazilian team would qualify with a victory, if Ecuador and Uruguay did not win their matches during that leg; while Argentina continued to struggle. The match was covered intensily by the media in both countries due to comments made by Diego Maradona in regards to both teams. Dunga and the Brazilian squad, on the other hand, did not say much and decided to concentrate on the game. The Brazilian team won the match by a 3-1 score, with goals by Luisao (23′) and Luis Fabiano (30′ and 68′). Datolo scored for the Argentinians (65′). Brazil won what they considered a historical win (they had not won in Argentinian soil since 1995) silencing a stunned crowd in Rosario. And as a result, they also won the qualification; as both Ecuador and Uruguay lost to Colombia and Peru, respectively. Argentina lost the following match to Paraguay (1-0), but was able to qualify by defeating Peru (2-1) and Uruguay (1-0) in the final two legs of qualification.
There is another rivalry exist with England National Football team and Argentina. Games between the two teams, even those that are only friendly matches, are often marked by notable and sometimes controversial incidents.
The rivalry is unusual in that it is an intercontinental one; typically, footballing rivalries exist between countries that are close to one another, for example France–Italy or Argentina–Brazil. Argentina is regarded in England as one of the major rivals of the English football team, along with such countries as Scotland and Germany. The rivalry is also keenly felt in Argentina, locally described as a Clásico, where only matches against Brazil carry a greater significance in popular perception.
The rivalry emerged across several games during the latter half of the 20th century, even though as of 2008 the teams have played each other on only 14 occasions in full internationals. It was driven by various controversial incidents.
Now lets have a look on the brief history of FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, because of World War II.
The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 final.
Of the 18 tournaments held, seven nations have won the title. Brazil are the only team that have played in every tournament and have won the World Cup a record five times. Italy are the current champions and have won four titles, and Germany are next with three. The other former champions are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, with one title each.
The most recent World Cup was held in Germany in 2006. The next World Cup will be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.
Their journey of success continued with the passage of time, till they have qualified for the soccer world’s mega Event the World cup 2010. Their successes added alot into their popularity among the people across the glob. People love to watch and experience the thrilling moments of Argentina live. So fans can now get Argentina world cup tickets online without any headache.
Football tickets for FIFA world cup 2010 are no more the dream for the people. It is believed that football World cup is the most popular and the most viewing event of the sports world. In 2010 FIFA world cup 204 nations participated for qualifying rounds and 32 of them have finalized. So be the part of the Nations War and feel the moments.
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