The choice of Argentina and his midfielder Rodrigo DePaul They arrive at Qatar 2022 on a roll, with the longest history of games without defeat before the start of the competition, next Sunday. The win last Wednesday against Saudi Arabia (5-0), in the last preparation before the start of the tournament, brought to thirty-six the number of games without knowing the defeat of the squad of Lionel Scaloni.
It is, by far, the team best placed to reach the 2022 World Cup by the numbers. Because Italy, which reached 37, failed to qualify for the competition.
There is the Albiazul team, with 25 and eleven draws, one step away from the Azzurri squad record it set in October 2021 and ended with a defeat against Spain in the semifinals of the League of Nations. Argentina, who could catch Italy in the first match of the World Cup, He left the trajectories of Spain, which he founded in 2009, and Brazil, in 1996.
Before the start of Qatar 2022, the distance between Argentina and the rest was obvious. If Scaloni’s team dragged 36 matches without losing, Brazil and the Netherlands, the second with the best routes, became 15. Farther behind are Ecuador, with seven, Croatia and Morocco, with six, and Costa Rica, Japan, Serbia and Australia with five. Argentina’s last loss was on July 2, 2019, in the Copa América semifinal.
Atlético de Madrid midfielder, Rodrigo de Paul, was part of the Argentina team that fell at the Maracana stadium. Since then, everything has turned out well for De Paul, who is currently the Qatar 2022 player with the best career.
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Rodrigo de Paul arrives in Qatar with 34 games unbeaten. Since the defeat in Brazil. Beat the streak of three Daniel Alves and to four of his companions Leo Messi with a total of 30. Lautaro Martinez, Leandro Paredeswith 29 and Nicholas Otamendiwith 28, are other Argentines who had a great career before debuting in Qatar 2022. The last match lost for all of them was on July 2, 2019.
The Spaniard of Real Madrid Daniel Carvajalwith 27, hinders the rest of the Argentines: Nicolas Tagliafico23, Marcos Acuna and Guido Rodriguez22. The Fiorentina striker, Nico Gonzalez He has yet to lose to the full Argentina team. However, at the gates of the World Cup, the attacker had to withdraw from the albiazul expedition due to a muscle injury and was replaced by Angel Correa. He will not play in Qatar 2022.
Source: La Verdad
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