The South American Superclásico has already completed a hundred matches and after decades of Albiceleste dominance, the lead is now Brazilian.
The greatest classic in South America, which is facing Argentina And Brazil, It is already more than 100 years old: from the 3-0 defeat of the Albiceleste in the first official confrontation between the two, played at GEBA on September 20, 1914, until today, the two most important teams on the continent cultivated a growing rivalry, that has already reached more than a hundred matches.
Next Tuesday, November 21, faces can be seen again on the South American Qualifiersin this case on the way to the 2026 World Cup. The latest precedent was away to Qatar, when they drew in San Juan without scoring.
10 UNFORGETTABLE Clashes BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL
Throughout history, the dominance in history has always been that of Argentina. However, in the last 20 years, Verdeamarela has completely reversed the trend: from 1999 to now, 27 classics have been played and Scratch won 14 of them, more than half, against his rival’s 9 and 4 draws (one of which was the Brazilian victory on penalties ). , no less than in a Copa América final).
In any case, the Albiceleste was one game away from equaling the record with victory in the final of the 2021 Copa América. Total Brazil has 42 wins, while Argentina has 41 and 25 draws. The equality can also be seen in the number of goals scored: 155 for the Verdeamarela and 154 for the Albiceleste.
Below you will find the breakdown per competition:
ELIMINATORIES
Argentina and Brazil They only started meeting in the qualifying rounds when the current round-robin competition system was introduced, in the run-up to France 1998. However, Verdeamarela did not take part in that first qualifying round, having already been classified as the 1994 champions, so The first crossing recently took place on the way to Korea-Japan 2002. In this competition, Argentina never won as a visitor: it added three defeats and a draw, while as a local it fourth in the qualifiers for Korea-Japan 2002 and for Germany 2006.
On the way to Qatar 2022, they had to face each other twice, but only one match was played, which ended in a goalless draw in San Juan. And it was during those qualifying tournaments that they faced off against each other on date 6 in San Pablo, but The match was stopped after 5 minutes and declared invalid..
AMERICA CUP
The continental competition is logically the competition in which both teams faced each other most often. And although the overall record is in favor of the Albiceleste, that advantage was gained at the beginning of the 20th century: in recent times the clear dominate has been Brazil, even beating its rival in the 2004 final (on penalties) and in 2007. to the 2019 semi-finals.
However, in 2021 Argentina ended a six-match streak without beating Verdeamarela in the continental tournament at the best possible moment: in the Maracaná itself, the Albiceleste won 1-0 and became champions of the league in the home of its biggest rival.
WORLD CUP
South America’s greatest classic was played four times in the highest international competition and the lead also belongs to Brazil, which won the second phase against Germany 1974 (2-1) and Spain 1982 (3-1). In Argentina 1978 it was 0-0 for the same event, while the Albiceleste was left with the only elimination match between the two: in the round of 16 of Italy 1990, the team led by Carlos Bilardo won 1-0 with Claudio Paul’s memorable goal Caniggia.
OTHER COMPETITIONS
Throughout history, Argentina and Brazil have faced each other in various official competitions. The most important match is the 2005 Confederations Cup final, which ended with a 4–1 Brazilian victory. They also faced each other in the Mundialito held in Uruguay in 1981 (1-1 draw). In addition, there were three matches for the Pan American Championship, a competition between the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF teams played three times in the mid-20th century: in 1956 they drew 2-2, while in 1960 they played each won one match. (Argentina 2-1 and Brazil, 1-0).
FRIENDLY
In addition to the official matches, Argentina and Brazil have regularly faced each other in friendly matches since that first meeting in 1914. Many of them were played under the name “Roca Cup”, which was no longer contested in 1976. In recent history, in 2011 and 2012 two editions of the “Superclásico de las Americas” were held, in which two teams took part composed exclusively of footballers from the local tournaments of each of the countries.
TOTAL
Source: Goal