Simulating Spain's experience in 2010 inspires Argentina after the "Saudi shock"
The star of the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi, hopes, when he plays Sunday in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final, to emulate the journey of his former teammates at FC Barcelona with the Spain national team in 2010, when they became the only team to lose their first match and win the title later.
A first loss in the finals was almost equivalent to a failure in the final matches, similar to West Germany (1982), Argentina (1990) and Italy (1994).
After its inaugural loss last November 22 against Saudi Arabia 1-2, in the first defeat against an Asian team in the finals, Argentina hopes to emulate the journey of Spain, which lost to Switzerland 0-1 in 2010, before climbing the final ladder and crowning for the first time in its history at the expense of Holland in the fatal moments of extended time.
And if we exclude the versions that were opened with knockout matches, then the champion won his first match 16 times out of 19, compared to two draws and one loss to Spain.
In 1966, England tied without goals at home against Uruguay in the opening, but that did not deprive it after 19 days of winning a single title that it is still desperate to repeat, after overcoming West Germany 4-2 after extension.
In 1982, Italy also drew without goals against Poland, before drawing twice more in the group stage, against Poland and Cameroon, 1-1.
"Squadra Azzurra" qualified for the final in Madrid, where it beat West Germany 3-1, knowing that the latter started with an incomplete kick against Algeria 1-2.
During its coronation twice in 1978 and 1986, Argentina won its first match, over Hungary 2-1 and South Korea 3-1, respectively.
In 1990, Maradona and his companions fell to Cameroon 0-1 in a big surprise on Italian soil.
Argentina ranked among the best of the three, reaching the final price, as Brazil overcame the mighty 1-0.
In the quarter-finals, it overcame Yugoslavia on penalties, and Italy represented it in the semi-finals of Napoli.
They only gave up in the final, where Germany edged them out with a late Andreas Brehme penalty.
In the United States 1994, after losing its opening match against the Republic of Ireland 0-1, Italy gradually compensated and reached the final match, where it surrendered to a penalty shootout against Brazil after a goalless draw.
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