Idols like Maradona, Passarela, or Kempes, live long in the history of Argentina soccer fans, even decades after they're done with their career. Why? because in Argentina, soccer is part of the country's culture and just like in Brazil, it's almost a secondary religion. I'd like to dedicate this entire section to Argentinean soccer, as it is one of the most beautiful and passionate in the World and trust me; it holds some tales worth telling.
Despite the fact that the
Argentina national team and the Argentinean championship had a small
decline, they're back and stronger than ever.
Argentinean club teams are amongst the strongest in the Americas and
they're constantly battling Brazilian teams over supremacy on the
continent.
The national team has a large
pool of exceptional players, some of which are playing in the local
Primera championship, others playing for big clubs in Europe. All in
all, I'd say that in terms of soccer, Argentina has a bright future
that will probably soon live up to its even brighter past.
And since Argentinean soccer
has a lot of fans throughout the World, this section is entirely
dedicated to it. I made some small previews of the subsections you'll
find here, in order to give you a taste of what you
can read inside the articles. Here they are:
Argentina
World Cup Soccer Team
This subsection will focus on the Argentinean national soccer team, which is one of the most successful in the World, after Brazil, Italy and Germany. 2 World Cups and another 2 finals are not a small feat for any national team and Argentina proved over and over again that it starts out each competition it participates in as one of the main favorites.
The article focuses on those
four finals played by the Argentina soccer team, but it does also cover
the rest of its history, starting from its debut on the international
stage in the 1930 World Cup, throughout their slightly darker period in
the 50s and 60s, all the way to Passarela and Maradona's World Cup
winning teams and of course, today's Argentina soccer team, which looks
stronger than ever and more importantly,
it looks like it's fit to win yet another World Cup in 2010.
Daniel Passarela, Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Hernan Crespo or Alfredo DiStefano are all players that are worth talking about, as they left a strong mark wherever they played at, not to mention the first two lead the Argentina soccer team to World Cup success, but each in a different year.
This section will give you
some info around those players, linking you to more detailed articles
about each of them. Obviously, Argentina has a lot of other legendary
players that were not on Pele's list, players such as Kempes,
Burruchaga, Ariel Ortega or Ramon Riquelme, which I might cover in the
future.
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