The embarrassing defeat of the Argentine national team

The resounding defeat suffered today by the Argentine national team against Spain, only served to remind us of that shameful episode that Brazil experienced four years ago, in their own World Cup, when they were also defeated by Germany by 7-1.

A few months before the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the 'Furia Roja' exposed all the weaknesses of Jorge Sampaoli's team and routed them without mercy. Although, of course, the albiceleste was missing Lionel Messi, who couldn't finish watching the game from the stands and left when there were less than 10 minutes left.

This happens just when a few weeks ago there was talk of South American supremacy over the Europeans, after the Peruvian, Brazilian, Uruguayan, Colombian and even Argentine national teams won their friendly matches.

It is worth noting that in both of these matches there is a coincidence. Both Argentina and Brazil, in these historic defeats, did not have their star players due to injury. In the 2014 World Cup, Neymar suffered a heavy blow in the match against Colombia and could not play against the Germans. Today, Messi was also absent due to pain that also prevented him from playing the first friendly match against Italy.

A noteworthy fact is that the gauchos had not suffered such a crushing defeat since the 6-1 loss against Bolivia in the 2009 Qualifiers.