France and Argentina will meet next Sunday in the final of the Qatar World Cupin what will be their thirteenth duel, the fourth in the history of the World Cup, the first in a final.
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Argentina has won six of the previous duels, two of the World Cups, and France three, including the last duel, which took place in the round of 16 of Russia 2018, when Les Bleus won 4-3 thanks to goals from Antoine Greizmann, Benjamin Pavard and a double from Kylian Mbappé, which left Ángel di María, Gabriel Mercado and Sergio Agüero to nothing, already at discount.
Argentina won the first duel between the two countries, in the 1930 World Cup, in the group stage, with a goal from Luis Monti (1-0).
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Forty-eight years it took both nations to meet again in a World Cup. It was in Buenos Aires, again in the group stage, a duel between the Argentina of Mario Kempes and César Ardiles, directed by César Luis Menotti, defeated the France of Michel Platiniwho scored a goal, but could not avoid defeat thanks to goals from Daniel Pasarella and Leopoldo Luque, on the way to the first Argentine title.
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France had to wait until 1971 to win their first duel, the third between the two countries (3-4), a friendly at La Bombonera in which Charly Loubet, Jean Djorkaeff, Georges Lech and Hervé Ravelli scored for the French and Miguel Ángel Brindisi , Miguel Nicolau and César Larraignée, from a penalty in minute 90, for the locals.
Five days later, in Mar del Plata, they defeated them 2-0 thanks to goals from Larraignée and Norberto Madurga.
Argentina went 15 years without losing against France, in which they had two victories (0-1 in the Parque de los Príncipes with a goal from Kempes in 1974 and the triumph in the 1978 World Cup) and two 0-0 draws (in Salvador de Bahía in 1972 and Buenos Aires in 1977).
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The streak was broken in 1986 in a friendly to prepare for the World Cup in Mexico held at the Parque de los Príncipes in which Jean-Marc Ferrer and Philippe Vercruysse gave the Gauls victory.
It was not until 2007 that the two teams met again, in a friendly at the Stade de France in which a goal from Javier Saviola gave the first win to Alfio Basile’s new project, against the world runner-up trained by Raymond Domenech.
La Albiceleste also won two years later in a friendly played in Marseille, Diego Maradona’s second as coach, which was resolved with goals from Jonás Rodríguez and Leo Messi, in his first game under the command of the Fluff. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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