2023-11-25 07:09:39
Everything comes back (and not just in national politics). What returned, at least for this week, is the hit “Brazil, tell me what it feels like”, that song at odds with reality – we were never the parents of the neighboring country in football – and that inexorably refers to the 2014 World Cup, the penalties of Chiquito Romero once morest Holland, Mascherano’s sweep and the sadness over Mario Götze’s goal.
That song is now the pure truth: Argentina beat the Brazilian teams three times in four days. On Tuesday, at the Maracaná, he took away the undefeated record in the Qualifiers in that stadium and gave the victory, above all, to the people who were in the stands and suffered the violence of the Rio de Janeiro police, who repress in a fierce every time an Argentine fan steps on their soil. On Thursday, at the Parapan American Games, he added the second celebration and, yesterday, in the quarterfinals of the U17 World Cup, he completed the trilogy.
It is true that everything gained strength with the victory of the Sub 17, because it was a direct elimination and because Argentina showed a show of play and forcefulness once morest its historic rival. It was a 3-0 win with an immense performance by Claudio “Diablito” Echeverri, author of the three goals that qualified the team led by Diego Placente to the semifinals of the 2023 World Cup in Indonesia.
“We beat Brazil twice in one week. Argentina, cradle of cracks. We are the most football-loving country on Earth. “Come on, let’s go, the kids,” the president of the AFA, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, published yesterday on his social networks, referring to the victory at the Maracaná on Tuesday and the youth team in Indonesia. For Tapia, targeted by the all-powerful Mauricio Macri this week, it was a way to empower himself (at least on social networks).
But to those two victories that Tapia mentioned, we must add a third, which was made invisible by the majority of the national press and the leadership. The men’s blind soccer team, Los Murciélagos, defeated Verdeamarelha 1-0 on the fourth round of the Parapan American Games in Chile. The national team won thanks to Maximiliano Espinillo’s goal, although later, as they lost to Colombia, they were left without a chance to compete for the gold medal. It was not something new: in October of last year, Los Murciélagos had won the Copa América in Córdoba by defeating Brazil on penalties in the final.
The question arises: is this succession of triumphs a cause or consequence of something or just a coincidence? No one will be able to deny that the senior team, world champion in Qatar, is one step above this Brazil team, which on Tuesday also played without several of its figures. But it’s not just one generation: there are several. That was demonstrated by the Sub 17. At least in national teams, unlike what happens in leagues and clubs, the superiority is undoubted.
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◆ In the semi-final of the U-17 World Cup in Indonesia, Argentina will face Germany, a team that left Spain behind by beating them 1-0. The match will be played next Tuesday, at 5:30 (Argentine time) at the Stadium Manahan from Surakarta.
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