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Argentina – Australia: the previous match in data
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Those classified to the round of 16 and how the crosses remain
The group stage is over and it is already clearer how the clashes will be in the round of 16 in Qatar.
There were several upsets and although several of the initial title contenders advanced, there is no dominant team.
None had a perfect performance and, especially with the number of goals that have been scored in added minutes, it is an open World Cup.
This Friday, South Korea achieved an impressive feat: they beat Portugal (already classified) 2-1 at the end and, with that goal, they went to the round of 16 and eliminated Uruguay.
With the same points and the same goal difference (0), the South Koreans advance by having scored more goals during the group stage.
An epic ending for the Asians, and a very painful one for the South Americans.
Cameroon, for its part, surprised Brazil, which was already classified.
They defeated it 1-0 towards the end, but it did not help the Africans, because Switzerland defeated Serbia 3-2 and ended up with 6 points, the same as Brazil.
The canarinha was first for the best goal difference.
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Why do they call Argentina la albiceleste?
What do their colors mean?
The "Scaloneta" is not the only way in which the Argentine National Team is known, in reference to its technical director.
It is also known as "la Albiceleste", for the colors of its shirt.
The word albiceleste, according to the RAE, refers to things that are white and light blue.
In those tones it is the official shirt presented by Adidas in July of this year, under the motto "The feeling of a country unites in this new shirt".
The colors of the jersey match those of the Argentine flag, created by Manuel Belgrano in 1812, discovered in a Bolivian chapel in 1883, and returned to the country in 1896, according to the country's Ministry of Culture website.
The flag has its colors distributed in three horizontal bands, two light blue and one white in the middle, in the center of which it displays a gold sun.
The story goes that Belgrano proposed creating a national cockade so that the army would have a common insignia, and the Triumvirate —the highest authority at the time— approved the idea with the phrase: "Let it be the national cockade of the United Provinces of the Río de la Silver, white, and sky blue."
"In this way, back in 1812, Belgrano designed a flag with the same colors, used for the first time in the city of Rosario, on the banks of the Paraná River, where the army took an oath in favor of freedom and independence," he continues. the Ministry of Culture.
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Why do they call the Argentine team La Scaloneta?
Where did the nickname come from?
Lionel Scaloni, coach of Argentina.
Credit: JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images
"La Scaloneta", as the team whose captain is Lionel Messi is popularly known, has become one of the teams with its own nickname, and in this case it is one in honor of its technical director, Lionel Scaloni.
But how did this particular nickname come about?
It was during the Copa América, in which Argentina became champion after 28 years without winning titles, and it was also thanks to the ingenuity and creativity of thousands of people on social networks.
But there is something else that explains the choice of the fans and that has to do with a trend not so far away in Argentine soccer for which the suffix "eta" is added next to the name of the coach for successful teams or those that win titles.
Thus, the word contains the idea of a vehicle to get on, in reference to the support of his followers.
Although there is controversy among fans about which was the first team to be named in that way, some say it was "la Vitroleta", with the River Plate reserve led by Jorge 'Vitrola' Ghiso;
while others speak of "la Gallardeta", for the period of Marcelo Gallardo in the same team.
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9 mins ago
How has Argentina fared in the soccer World Cups?
By Juan Pablo Elverdin
A historic host of the World Cups from the very beginning of the competition (it was runner-up in the first World Cup held in Uruguay in 1930), Argentina won the World Cup twice: as host in 1978 and with Diego Maradona in Mexico in 1986.
In addition, he was runner-up on three occasions: the aforementioned in 1930;
in Italy 1990 and in Brazil 2014, both finals lost to Germany 0-1.
The South American team played 17 of the 21 World Cups -18 if Qatar is taken into account- that have been played so far: it was only absent in France 1938, Brazil 1950, Switzerland 1954 and Mexico 1970.
Next, we will tell you how Argentina has fared in each of the World Cups in which they participated.
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