The Argentina Football

Over the years Argentina's Soccer World Cup history has been remarkable. Their only unsuccessful qualification was in 1970. For whatever reasons, they made the decision to miss three global soccer showcases; but from 1974 onwards they have been regular participants at the Soccer Worldcup tournaments and were knocked out in the first round in 2002, for the first and only time.
As the Argentina 1978 Argentina and Mexico 1986 FIFA World Cup defenders, La Albiceleste faced a series of confronting 2010 world soccer qualifying games. However having overcome various issues, the Argentine soccer team are focused on winning the World Football Cup 2010 for the first time in 24 years. Potentially this goal may well become truth as coach, Diego Armando Maradona, has superior players in his squad (including several players accountable for the team's quarter finals game at the Germany 2006 event).

Twice champions in 1978 and 1986, and ranked 8th by FIFA, Argentina battled through the qualifiers for a 10th consecutive appearance at the World Cup. Argentina haven't won a major tournament after Copa America in 1993. Team coach, Diego Maradona, will be hoping to rectify that shortfall.
Maradona, whose coaching will be under the microscope, is said to be relying on Lionel Messi, to fire. However, Veron and team captain Javier Mascherano are the strikers who really hold Argentina's fortunes, on their shoulders.
Maradona is relatively unpopular with the team, and this is a cross they will have to bear, as they go about their campaign. And given the struggle against weaker teams, in the qualifiers, there is a question mark over Maradona's coaching skills, notwithstanding his legendary status as a player. But Maradona is no stranger to controversy, and if he can keep his head and cioncentrate on getting the job done, he might still manage to get the team unite for a common cause.

Neither Nigeria nor a much improved N. Korea are likely to pose a big challenge in group B, and perhaps, the only match of interest would be against Greece, the Euro 2004 champions, who had great luck in qualifying for the World Cup.
Argentina should lead their group, and probably meet Uruguay in the round of 16, and Germany in the quarter-final. If they manage to scrape past Germany to the semi-final, they will probably meet the winner of an Italy versus Spain encounter.


The Argentina soccer team is considered as one of the giants in the world of professional soccer in the whole world. The team has been rivals with Brazil's team for the past decades and had continued over the years. The national team of Argentina had consistently remained on top for many years and earned the respect of other national teams in the world.
The 1930 World Cup which was held in Uruguay is a historical event of Argentina's team when they were able to defeat France with a score of 1-0 and successively the team of the United States with a score of 6-1. This has made a tremendous impact on the popularity of the Argentina team.
Another major leap of Argentina is when it was given the honor to host the World Cup of 1978. With the privilege, it had made the whole nation more interested with the sport and had given the national team a moral boosting which have burned their desire to achieve victory. They national team didn't fail when they won their first World Cup.

The following years have been a failure for the Argentina soccer team when it didn't manage bring back the gold for the country.
However, the much awaited 2010 World Cup brings hope for the new breed of players of Argentina to take home the crown to their motherland. There are major preparations of the national team for the coming event. They are working hard in order to regain their title and bring glory to their countrymen and let history repeats itself.