Brazil - Argentina and a huge record that fell

Of course, being Argentine and a soccer lover, I couldn't not talk today about the greatest classic in South America, without discrediting our Uruguayan brothers by leaving them out; But I'm not saying it, everyone is certain that these two teams that faced each other last night are without a doubt the most dominant in the southern cone for many years.

I'm going to say little about the game itself since it was difficult for me to stay and watch it in its entirety after that brutal repression by the Brazilian police, which in recent times has taken to beating Argentine fans. We saw it less than a month ago on the Copacabana's beach when the Brazilian "torcida" with the connivance of the police ambushed and beat up many Argentine sympathizers, including entire families who were enjoying a day of sun and recreation while waiting for the final match of the Copa Libertadores de América. Conmebol should take action on this issue and take precautions so that it does not happen again, the police could leave those sticks well stored and take other types of measures such as preventively separating the local fans from the visitors; Here, we are not an example of an organization of any kind, it is done and in all the matches that took place between our national teams or Brazilian teams in our country, there has not been any problem of this type for a very long time. In the match between Argentina and Uruguay a few days ago, many fans came from the sister country. What was done? They were placed alone in the highest tribune of the stadium; there they were not disturbed and could see and enjoy the well-deserved victory without incidents.

In any case, we must be grateful that the game was played, although its start was delayed until the disturbances were resolved and the police did what they should have done from the beginning, creating a perimeter of custody and barrier between the Brazilians and the Argentines, not It was so difficult.

As expected, the match was quite tight and with little risk to the goals, Brazil is not the same as before and its offensive weight has been significantly reduced, the injuries of some important players contributed a lot to making this happen. Argentina, in a hostile stadium and with its mind focused on the excesses and brutal repression where scenes of people bleeding and mothers escaping from the tumult with small children in their arms were seen, did not collaborate too much to make the spectacle better. Messi is not in good shape physically, for two reasons: the first and main reason is his age and the second is some stubborn injuries that do not completely disappear. That he only played 5 days ago and then a long trip to Brazil does not help.

In the first half, the locals barely left a better impression than the albicelestes, very little. Things did not change much in the second half until the enormous block by "Dibu" Martínez (another one) against Martinelli and a few minutes later Otamendi's goal with a spectacular header after a corner. From that moment on everything changed and Brazil was forced to attack more, Argentina had the opportunity to take advantage of the counterattack and define it with another goal. None of that happened, in any case, the game became more exciting, the statistics will say that Argentina had the ball a little more than Brazil, just a couple of minutes and a few dozen passes.

The record that did fall was Brazil's unbeaten record in World Cup qualifying, they had never lost a home game in those instances, an impressive record that Argentina now has the honor of having broken. And for those who love statistics, Brazil has only been defeated twice at home in the last 70 years by rivals from South America, both times it was against Argentina and with Messi on the field.

In the general history, the parity is absolute, between both teams in their entire history 110 official and friendly matches were played, 42 wins for each, and 26 draws. The first official match was played in Buenos Aires in 1914, although there would be some record that indicates that they actually played a match in Brazil in 1908, however, we take the official one.

The last paragraph is for the world champion coach, he surprised everyone by implying that he is thinking of leaving his position, the reasons are not known, but they would be more emotional than anything else, it would be a huge shame to lose a young and humble person who He knew how to put together a solid team respected by everyone.