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Argentina 1-0
Nigeria
Argentina 0-1
England
Argentina 1-1
Sweden
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Previous World Cups:
First
round: 1934, 1958, 1962
Second
round: 1974, 1982,
1994
Quarterfinal: 1966,
1998
Runner-up: 1930,
1990
Winner: 1978, 1986 |
| Argentina
Squad | | Rob
Mumford is a 36-year-old New Zealander who has been
living in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the past three
years.
This series of articles, penned from the fanatical
hot-bed of football that is BA, will follow the progress
of World Cup favourites Argentina through the eyes of a
Kiwi.
Argentina has been in the news for all the wrong
reasons with its well-documented social, economic and
political problems.
Argentines are being battered by currency
devaluation, rising inflation, high unemployment, social
unrest, and political chaos, but now they have a chance
to take a rest from all that as their team prepares to
take on the world in the World Cup finals in Korea and
Japan.
World champions in 1978 and 1986 “Fútbol” is the
Argentine national pastime and a source of immense
pride. Argentines want something to take their minds off
the current problems and following their team’s fortunes
in the finals provides a welcome relief from long queues
at banks and rising prices at supermarkets.
Cup notes from BA will look at each of Argentina’s
games from a different venue and viewpoint, as one of
the World Cups favourites attempts to win its 3rd crown.
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