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Brazil won gold at men's soccer in the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics. In the decisive South American Olympic qualifier, Luciano Gondou scored the winner for the Argentina under-23 team coached ...
The squad assembled by new coach Gustavo Alfaro seemed doomed to miss out in 2026 until it held Uruguay to a draw last week and then upset Brazil. Savarese reported from Sao Paulo. AP soccer ...
The 2024 Olympics men's soccer field will not feature the 2016 and 2020 gold medalists. Brazil, the two-time defending Olympic champion, failed to qualify for the Paris Games on Sunday by losing 1 ...
[nb 4] The goal average per game in the round of 16 was 2.25, a drop of 0.58 goals per game from the group stage. [79] The eight teams to win in the round of 16 included four former champions (Brazil, Germany, Argentina and France), a three-time runner-up (Netherlands), and two first-time quarter-finalists (Colombia and Costa Rica).
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
It was a hard-fought clash between two historic rivals, marred by numerous fouls and two red cards for Brazil. Argentina convincingly won with a score of 3–0, and went on to beat Nigeria 1–0 in the final, being the first to obtain two consecutive gold medals in football in 40 years, and the third overall after the Olympic teams of the ...
With the loss, Argentina needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but fell 3–1, with Argentina only scoring in the last minute. Notably, Maradona kicked Brazilian player João Batista in the groin and was sent off in the 85th minute.
Lionel Messi scored twice in Argentina's 2-0 win at Peru in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, playing the entire match for his national team. Also Tuesday, Brazil — the archrival of the ...