After the great victory against Canada in the debut, Lionel Messi’s Argentine National Team will try to get a ticket to the quarterfinals of the Copa América 2024 when it faces Chile this Tuesday (comes from a 0-0 draw with Peru) at MetLife Stadium from New Jersey, for the second date of Group A. The fact to keep in mind is that the Albiceleste maintains an important undefeated record against Ricardo Gareca, an old acquaintance, even though it is a reissue of the final lost in 2016.
Argentina and Gareca met four times between 2016 and 2021, always for the South American Qualifiers and with the coach at the hands of the Peruvian National Team. There were two wins and two draws, with five goals for and only two against.
The beginning of this story dates back to October 6, 2016 in Lima, where Edgardo Bauza’s then team – without Messi and with a pale performance – tied 2-2 with goals from Ramiro Funes Mori, Gonzalo Higuaín, Paolo Guerrero and Christian Cueva, from a penalty, after being ahead twice.
The second match occurred on October 5, 2017 with a frustrated 0-0 in La Bombonera that left the team sixth in the standings, in the absence of a closing date and with Jorge Sampaoli in charge of the group. In addition to the bad news due to Fernando Gago’s new ligament injury, the Argentine National Team was forced to beat Ecuador in Quito, where Messi finally scored three goals -despite Romero Ibarra’s premature score- and achieved qualification at Russia World Cup 2018.
At that time, the results were not given at the Monumental and the AFA asked FIFA for a change of scenery so that the rivals “felt the pressure of the public more”, even if partiality was reduced and a lot of money was lost. That striking decision caused a crossfire between Rodolfo D’Onofrio and Daniel Angelici as a result of the unhappy precedent in La Boca: on the way to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, Argentina drew 2-2 with Peru and was left out a year earlier.
On November 17, 2020, the third crash was recorded, again in Lima, while the Covid-19 pandemic was going on. La Scaloneta had a convincing performance, winning 2-0 with the shouts of Nicolás González and Lautaro Martínez and became the great cheerleader of the South American Qualifiers heading to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
And the last match took place on October 14, 2021: the champion of the Copa América 2021 – after 28 years of waiting – beat Peru 1-0 at the Monumental. Lautaro’s goal left the team, already with Emiliano Martínez in goal, one step away from qualifying for the World Cup that they would later win. That night, Yoshimar Yotún missed a penalty.
Now, Argentina and Gareca will face each other on a new NFL field, Metlife Stadium, where the New York Jets and the New York Giants play, which was also forced to change the artificial grass for a natural one. In this stadium, which will host the final of the 2026 World Cup, the Spanish classic between Real Madrid and Barcelona will also be played on August 3.
The general history between Argentina and Chile
- 91 parties
- 59 victories for Argentina (188 goals)
- 6 victories for Chile (74 goals)
- 26 draws
2024-06-23 23:05:00
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