The Argentine National Team secured on Tuesday its sixth participation in the final of a FIFA World Cup by beating Croatia, current runner-up, 2-0, in one of the semifinals of Qatar 2022 played at the Stadium Lusail.La definition on Sunday will be the second of the era of Lionel Messi, who will seek his revenge after losing to Germany in extra time of the last match of Brazil 2014. of Alejandro Sabella, the National Team played that afternoon at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro a final that had not reached 24 years when Germany also won 1-0 in Italy 1990.
Eight years earlier, at home, Argentina won its first World Cup on the second attempt, defeating the Netherlands 3-1 in extra time at the stadium Monumental.La first final was played in the Uruguay 1930 edition and was defeated by the host team, which won 4-2 at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo.World Cup finals played by Argentina:Uruguay 1930: vs. Uruguay Uruguay 2-4 (Carlos Peucelle and Guillermo Stábile)Argentina 1978: vs. Netherlands 3-1 (Mario Kempes 2 and Daniel Bertoni)Mexico 1986: vs. Germany 3-2 (José Luis Brown, Jorge Valdano and Jorge Burruchaga)Italy 1990: vs. Germany 0-1Brazil 2014: vs. Brazil 2014 Germany 0-1
