Spain and Argentina They are playing the biggest game in the world. Thousands of kilometers from their homes, in New Jersey, Two countries united by countless things will collide in search of a star. The second Spanish; the fourth Argentine. Frustrated in March Doha FinalsDue to the attack by the United States and Israel on Iran and Tehran’s response, they are now going to experience something much more intense. The biggest thing on the football planet.
The MetLife crash It will be only the second official match between both teams. The precedent dates back to 1966, in the group stage of the World Cup in England. The other 13 confrontations were of a friendly nature, two of them under the mantle of what was called Hispanic Cup.
7-12-1952 Spain 0-Argentina 1
The first duel between Spaniards and Argentines did not take place until the end of 1952. The scene was the stadium of Chamartin. They were years of isolation of Spain in the world, but also of friendship and help from the Buenos Aires of Perón. The match had its turn. Invited to a capea and to the cinema to see Sister Saint Sulpicethe Argentines were surprised that the grass was wet and heavy when the sun had reigned in Madrid for days. The excuse of morning dew didn’t work for them. That’s why they asked for one more change, since in such a heavy field, the fatigue of the trip was going to take its toll. Then only the goalkeeper’s one was allowed, at any time, and one before or during half-time. Spain refused and Argentina He said he didn’t play. The match was close to not being played, but the Argentines finally gave in.
1952 SPAIN 0 ARGENTINA 1
The victory was for the albiceleste, with a play inappropriate for the safety of Ramallets. The Spanish goalkeeper made a mistake and what was an indirect free kick turned into a save that left the ball dead, taken advantage of by Infant to mark. A dinner at the Ritz was the epilogue of that first fraternal duel.
7-5-1953 Argentina 1- Spain 0
Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile They were the destiny of Spain in July 1952. The first of the two friendlies was played on River Plate’s field. Spain lost 1-0 again. On a cold afternoon in the southern winter, a goal from Cricket With four minutes remaining, the game was resolved. What seemed like a failure Cecconato When attempting a Chilean kick it turned into a magnificent assist. The goal caused a field invasion that forced the match to be stopped. It was the second time that the referee, the English Archer Williams LutyI had to stop the game. The first was midway through the second half, when Grillo’s goal was disallowed for offside and a wave of Argentine protests was unleashed that lasted for more than five minutes.
1953 ARGENTINA 1 SPAIN 0
7-24-1960 Argentina 2 Spain 0
Of the 31 games that Alfredo Di Stefano He played with Spain, two were against his native country, Argentina. In July 1960, after winning in Peru and twice in Chile, the Spanish team faced the Albiceleste again, again at the River Plate stadium. Tremendous expectation surrounded the match, in which Spain had two clear chances of victory. Luis Suárez and Di Stéfano. However, the victory remained at home thanks to two goals from Sanfilippo in just seven minutes, from 30 to 37, which sealed a match in which the Spanish team was handicapped by a flu illness that affected several players and left Chus Pereda.
1961 Argentina 2 Spain 0
11-6-1961 Spain 2-Argentina 0
Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuánpacked, saw the first of Spain’s six victories over Argentina. The goals of Del Sol and Di Stefano They resolved the match. The task of guarding the Saeta fell to one of the legends of Lanús, Hector Guidi, a quality steering wheel that did not shy away from friction. “Di Stéfano will be 80 years old and will continue to play well,” he explained after the duel.
Both teams said goodbye with a banquet at the Venta de Antequera and with a wish from the Argentine coach, Victorio Spinetto: “Spain is going to go very far in the World Cup. I hope to see each other in the final in Chile.” It was not a good prognosis: Spain fell in the first phase and Argentina too.
7-13-1966 Spain 1-Argentina 2
The only official match between Spain and Argentina until Doha was held in Villa Park. In Birmingham, the current European champion made its debut in the World Cup against the team that had accumulated the most Copa América at that time, the twelve from Argentina. In a hellish group with Germany and Switzerlandthat match was vital. And Argentina won it. Well deserved defeat, cried the cover of MARCA. Two goals from Artime served to neutralize Rome’s own goal, with which Spain had tied the match.
Spain’s debut in the 1966 World Cup: Spain 1-2 Argentina
A thick pessimism took over the Spanish team after the sad image offered in the home of the Aston Villa on the day of Pirri’s debut. The outcome was the same as in Chile: return home in the first phase and change on the bench. The era was ending Villalongathat of the first coach who made Spain champion.
11-12-1972 Spain 1 Argentina 0
In 1972, Spain and Argentina They agreed to create the Copa de la Hispanidad, a tournament with a vocation for continuity whose piece would remain property if it was won three times in a row or five alternate times. The scheduled date for the matches would be Columbus day, on October 12. However, the first duel was played on the 11th, since in Spain midweek football was played on Wednesdays and not Thursdays.
1972 Return from Argentina
On a gray day, with little popular enthusiasm – to the point of considering that TVE darkened the Madrid area to cancel his signal, something that could not be done for technical reasons—and without Franco in the box, Spain won the first edition thanks to a goal from Asensi. Argentina’s visit to Madrid ended the political mess. Because on the morning of the 12th, Sivori, Argentine coach, met in Puerta de Hierro with the exiled Perón. This caused great anger in the Casa Rosada, chaired at the time by a furious anti-Peronist: Alejandro Agustín Lanusse.
10-12-1974 Argentina 1 Spain 1
On Saturday, October 12, 1974, Spain played for the first time on Columbus Day. He returned visit and River Monument, full, attended a mediocre 1-1 draw: Pirri made it 0-1 in the 82nd minute and Rogel equalized a minute later. It was the premiere of César Luis Menotti at the head of the Argentine team, the first step in a process leading to the 1978 World Cup, a tournament that was used to promote.
The Cup, which had traveled on the Spanish plane, returned to Madrid, since the rules of the competition declared the visiting team the champion in the event of a tie. Despite the subsequent efforts of Ángel María Villar, the Hispanic Cup He had no further journey than those two games. That’s why it shines in the Las Rozas Museum.
10-12-1988 Spain 1 Argentina 1
Villar played in 1974 in Buenos Aires and he loved the experience. In 1988 they celebrated the 75th anniversary of the RFEF with a duel against Argentina in Seville, on Hispanic Heritage Day. His idea was to recover that initiative. Butragueño and Caniggia They scored in a match in which the Buitre and Maradona served as captains. Sánchez-Pizjuán saw one of its own debut, Manolo Jiménez.
1988 Spain 1 Argentina 1
Villar’s dream was to recover the Copa de la Hispanidad and he called that match the RFEF Cup. The absence of the FIFA presidents from the box, Joao Havelange, and UEFA, Jacques Georgessurprised the Spanish authorities and was interpreted as a “no” to the Spanish candidacy to host the 1992 Euro Cup. That’s how it was.
9-20-1995 Spain 2 Argentina 1
In the middle of a streak without defeats, which lasted from July 1994 to February 1998, the Clemente’s Spain defeated Argentina in the Calderón. The first Spanish goal was scored by an Argentine from Santa Fe, Juan Antonio Pizzi. He did not celebrate it out of respect for his native country and his people. “I hope my mother forgives me,” he explained to MARCA a day before the match, when asked what would happen if he beat an Argentine team in which the Mono Burgos, Ayala, Zanetti, Simeone, Gallardo, Ortega and Batistuta…
11-17-1999 Spain 0 – Argentina 2
The first defeat of the explosive Camacho’s Spain was buried by the dismissal of Toshack that same day as coach of Madrid. Lorenzo Sanz He did not forgive the Welshman for one of those phrases that are part of the history of our football: “It is easier to see a pig flying over the Bernabéu than for me to rectify it.”
1999 Spain 0 Argentina 2
While From the Forest took control of Madrid, his friend Camacho fell for the first time as Spanish coach. It was his thirteenth game in charge of Spain. In La Cartuja, Argentina, with Bielsa on the bench, won with goals from Kily González and Pochettineither. It was defeat number 100 in history of the Spanish team.
10-11-2006 Spain 2-Argentina 1
Spain received Argentina in a tremendous environment. He flew to Murcia from Sweden after losing 2-0 in what had been the first match after the decision of Luis Aragonés that Raúl I would not return to the national team. The tension was extreme, increased by a harsh conversation between Puyol and Luis at the airport. Stockholm and for a dantesque and improvised press conference of Villar just before flying. “The more pressure they give me, the stronger I will be,” Luis told his players.
With rotations and a great Iniesta, Spain beat Argentina 2-1. But that match was marked by the poor state of the pitch, in which shovelfuls of sand emerged with every play. The consequence of this was the serious knee injury he suffered. Maxi Rodriguez.
11-14-2009 Spain 2-Argentina 1
A match full of milestones. Iker Casillas aHe reached 100 games with the national team. Jesus Navas, The player who has won the most titles with Spain (World Cup, two Euro Cups and the Nations League), debuted with the senior team. And it was the first time that Leo Messi He was facing Spain: he was 22 years old and that was his 44th game with the Albiceleste.
Spain 2 Argentina 1
Spain’s two goals were signed by Xabi Alonso, while the Argentine scored Messi’s. At the controls of the albiceleste was Diego Armando Maradona.
7-10-2010 Argentina 4-Spain 1
With the shield of world champion, Spain returned to Buenos Aires and the River court for 36 years after your last visit. It was to suffer a clear defeat, opened by Messi and closed by Agüero. Despite the forcefulness of the score, Spain consoled itself with three shots on the post and an image that had nothing to do with the 4-0 in Portugal a couple of months later. Since 1987, in Bucharest, Spain had not lost 3-0 at half-time. AND Marchena He left his streak of games without defeat at 57, which remains the Spanish record.
Friendly: Summary and goals of Spain 6-1 Argentina
3-27-2018 Spain 6-Argentina 1
A result in Metropolitan that amazed the world. Argentina, without Messi, was crushed by the best version of Lopetegui’s Spain. At the controls, an extraordinary Isco who scored three goals. The world was stunned by that victory three months before Russia World Cup. The illusion was triggered in Spain, but nothing was as expected after the explosion of the Krasnodar volcano and the dismissal of Lopetegui.
