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NICKNAME: The Albiceleste or The White and Sky Blue
MANAGER: Jorge Sampaoli
MOST CAPS: At the moment most capped player is Javier Zanetti with 143
caps from 1994 to 2011 but Javier Mascherano is only one cap behind and he is
still active for national team.
TOP SCORER: Lionel Messi- 61 goal from 2005
HOST NATION: Yes in 1978.
WORLD CUP RECORD: This
will be their first 17th World Cup. They played on first WC back in 1930. And
from 1958 Argentina missed only one WC final. It was in 1970.
BEST RESULT: Argentina played in 5 WC finals and won two.
In 1978 and 1986. On picture you can see Argentina from 1978 Panini World Cup
album. At that WC they lost only one match and it was in first group stage from
Italy. In final match Argentina was better then Netherland 3-1 (after extra
time) with two goals from Mario Kempes.
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