The Argentine national team will reach the 2026 FIFA World Cup with the challenge of defending the title obtained in Qatar 2022 and with the possibility that Lionel Messi competes in the sixth World Cup of his career, an absolute record in the history of football. The team led by Lionel Scaloni He will arrive at the World Cup event as one of the main candidates, supported by a base of footballers who won the Copa América 2021, the Finalissima 2022, the World Cup in Qatar 2022 and the Copa América 2024.
In principle, this year’s FIFA World Cup will be historic for several reasons. For the first time, 48 teams will participate instead of the traditional 32, 104 matches will be played and the organization will be divided between three countries: United States, Mexico and Canada. It will also be the first World Cup organized simultaneously by three nations and the largest geographical extension in history. The tournament will start on June 12 and will conclude on July 19 with the final in the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Argentina will integrate the Group J with Algeria, Austria and Jordan. The debut is scheduled for June 16 in Kansas City against the African team. They will then face the Europeans on June 22 in Dallas and will close the group stage against the Jordanian team on June 27 also in Dallas.
Among the main curiosities of the tournament is the performance of the first halftime musical show in a World Cup final. FIFA confirmed that the July 19 final show will be headlined by Shakira, Madonna and BTS. In addition, the opening ceremonies at the different venues will feature international figures such as Katy Perry, J Balvin, LISA, Tyla, Michael Bublé and other artists summoned by FIFA for the opening celebrations.
It occurred to a user to compare the National Team with the Argentine team from the 1978 World Cup, the first conquered by the Albiceleste. This memory of the national team that participated in Argentina 78 It was viralized on social networks by an edit made by Eleva.Media, developed by Artificial Intelligence, in which current Argentine soccer players dress in the same sports clothing from the seventies. An emotional animation in which you can even see the logo of Argentina Television Color (ATC)which had been created and modernized especially for the World Cup.
That event was held entirely in national territory and was held in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Mendoza, Córdoba and Mar del Plata. The team led by César Luis Menotti was made up of Ubaldo Fillol, Alberto Tarantini, Daniel Passarella, Jorge Olguín, Luis Galván, Américo Gallego, Osvaldo Ardiles, René Houseman, Mario Kempes, Leopoldo Luque, Daniel Bertoni, Ricardo Villa, Norberto Alonso, Omar Larrosa, Héctor Baley, Rubén Galván, Miguel Oviedo, José Valencia and other footballers who became legends of Argentine football.
In those matches, Argentina debuted by defeating Hungary 2 to 1, then beat France by the same score and lost to Italy 1 to 0. In the second phase they defeated Poland 2 to 0, tied with Brazil without goals and beat Peru 6 to 0 to reach the final. On June 25, 1978, they defeated the Netherlands 3-1 in extra time with two goals from Mario Kempes and one from Daniel Bertoni to obtain the first world star. The final was played at the Monumental before more than 70,000 spectators.
Meanwhile, the clothing used by the team was made by the prestigious German brand. Adidas, who had already dressed the Argentine team since that time (between 1974 and 1979). In 1980 the stage of Le Coq Sportifwith Diego Armando Maradona as a local sports insignia, which lasted until 1989. A relevant piece of information that the AI could not verify when creating the video.
On a visual level there are marked contrasts: those led by Menotti used tighter shirts and simple numbers printed on heavy fabric, while Scaloni’s team uses ultralight materials, advanced ventilation technology and designs adapted to high performance. However, both generations share a common trait, the excitement of having won the World Cup.
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