Argentina Y France will play next Sunday Doha the latest of Qatar World Cup and they will fulfill a tradition that lasted 40 years, with the champion being one of the teams that finished the group stage first. Something would have happened if they were qualified Morocco And that’s it Croatiawhich is certainly second only to the group it shares with North Africans, can be broken.
Not so and once again the trophy goes to a group leader. There will be 10 consecutive World Cups where such an event occurs. You have to go back to Spain 1982 to find a second to take the title. So the Italy of Paolo Rossi and the company managed to win after the first period where they tied their three games (Poland, Peru Y Cameroon), adding only three points and qualifying as second afterwards the Poles for having fewer points than the Cameroonians.
After a hesitant start, came the explosion of a team that in the second stage of the group was eliminated Argentina of a very young one Maradona (2-1) and the Brazil of Zico Y Socrates (3-2). In the semifinals, the Poland of Boniek (2-0) and in the final, the Germany of rummenige (3-1).
Since that World Cup, the champion has always been a choice in the first group. Furthermore, in the ten finals played since then, six of the runners-up have also been runners-up. There are four exceptions, that of Mexico in 1986that of Italy 1990that of United States 1994 and of Germany 2006.
In ’86, Germany reached the final and lost it to Argentina (2-3) after finishing second in a group led by Denmark. In the 90s, Argentina he made it to the final match Germany (0-1) qualified for the round of 16 as one of the four best third in the group. was left behind Cameroon Y Romania. Something similar happened in 1994 with Italy. He was third in a group where he was surpassed Mexico and Irelandbut managed to reach the final, where he lost in a penalty shootout against Brazil after drawing 0-0 in regulation time. Finally, in 2006, Francia fell in the final match Italy from the fatal point after equalizing one, becoming second in the group behind Switzerland.
Source: La Verdad
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