How many World Cup finals has the Argentina national team played?

The Qatar World Cup 2022 will most likely be the last played by one of the best players in football history: Leo Messi. It will happen with Lionel Scaloni at the helm and a team that is once again among the strong favorites to reach the final rounds of the tournament.

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Argentina it is one of the teams that have moved on throughout historyaccustomed to battling the greats to the end, and having made history more than once.

How many World Cup finals has the Argentina national team played?

The Argentina national team has reached five World Cup finals; The first of these was at the inaugural tournament that took place in Uruguay 1930fall against the host team 4-2.

Next was in the edition where he acted as organizer; in 1978 managed to add the first of its stars after defeated the Netherlands in the grand final 3–1 after extra time with a double by Mario Kempes and a goal by Bertoni.

For him World Cup in Mexico 1986 came the second World Cup with Diego Armando Maradona as an indisputable figure, knocking it down in the final West Germany 3-2 with Brown, Valdano and Burruchaga as the authors of the goals.

Four years later, in Italy 90, Argentina succumbed to the Germans in a final that ended 1-0 with a goal from Brehme. The most recent arrived in 2014, in the World Cup in Brazil in which Germany again won with the minimumthis time with a goal from Götze in extra time.

In all, Argentina have had the honor of playing in five finals in World Cup history, where they have only celebrated twice. The Qatar World Cup could increase La Albiceleste’s tally to six if they beat Croatia in the semi-finals.