Under the rain in the British capital, fans gathered to improvise chants in favor of the team led by Lionel Scaloni. La Albiceleste could never win at the mythical Wembley Stadium
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The appointment for the The World Cup in Qatar is getting closer and closer and the final to be played by Argentina and Italy in London is presented as a ideal scenario as preparation for the maximum objective that the team led by Lionel Scaloni has.
The undefeated of 31 commitments of the Albiceleste It is an argument that excites Creole sympathizers. And winning the last Copa América played in Brazil completed a sentimental union that seemed distant after the three finals lost to Germany and Chile.
In this context,hundreds of fansgathered in the British capital to improvise a flag in support of the national representative, whose main attraction will be the presence of LionelMessi. “Come on Argentina, you know I love you, today you have to win and be first… This crazy fan, I leave everything for the cup, the one with Messi and Maradona”, was one of the most heard songs in the United Kingdom, as well as the pride that being Argentine represents.
The two-time world champion will play for seventh time in history at Wembley and will seek against Italy for the Finalissima get his first win. The Albiceleste, however, will play their first match in the stadium that was reopened in 2007 after five years of construction after its demolition in 2002.
The last presentation of the national team at the Football Cathedral was a friendly played in February 2000 with a scoreless draw for the team led by Marcelo Bielsa vs England. The other five antecedents were also against the English team: the first was a friendly match in 1951 with a defeat by 2 to 1; then in 1966 in the framework of the World Cup it was lost by 1 to 0; in 1974 there was the first tie (2-2) with two goals from Mario Kempes; and in 1980 they played another friendly which was also a local victory by 3 to 1.
This last match was attended by a young Diego Armando Maradona, 19 years old, who during the game made a great individual play similar to what he starred in six years later at the World Cup in Mexico. In May 1991, Alfio Basile’s team obtained a valuable 2-2 drawafter starting with a 0-2 against (Turco García and Darío Franco scored the goals). And in 2000, in the run-up to the World Cup in Korea and Japan, Argentina set foot for the last time at the London venue with the aforementioned goalless match against the British team.