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On this day in 1992, Argentina win the King Fahd Cup

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On this day in 1992, the Argentina national team won the King Fahd Cup.

The Argentina national team won the first King Fahd Cup on October 20, 1992 against hosts Saudi Arabia. Argentina qualified for the tournament having won the 1991 Copa America.

Argentina, Ivory Coast, the United States and Saudi Arabia were the four teams which would take part in the tournament that would go on to become the Confederations Cup. On October 16, Argentina won 4-0 against Ivory Coast with Gabriel Batistuta scoring, Ricardo Altamirano scoring twice and Alberto Costa also scoring.

This was the Argentina starting eleven named by coach Alfio Basile for the match:

Sergio Goycochea; Fabián Basualdo, Sergio Vázquez, Oscar Ruggeri, Ricardo Altamirano; José Luis Villarreal, Fernando Redondo, Diego Simeone, Leonardo Rodríguez; Claudio Caniggia and Gabriel Batistuta

In the final, Argentina would win 3-1 with Leonardo Rodríguez, Claudio Caniggia and Diego Simeone scoring the three goals for the Argentina national team.

Lionel Messi’s message to the Argentina U20 national team after U20 World Cup final

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Lionel Messi posted a message to the Argentina U20 national team after the U20 World Cup final.

Messi won the 2005 U20 World Cup with Argentina and has been supporting the team at the U20 World Cup. Diego Placente’s team lost 2-0 in the final against Morocco and Messi posted on his Instagram page, supporting the team. Here is what he had to say:

“Keep your heads up, guys! You played an impressive tournament and although we all wanted to see you lift the Cup, we are left with the joy of everything you gave us and the pride of seeing how you defended the blue and white with your hearts.”

Milton Delgado named third best player at U20 World Cup

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Milton Delgado has been named as the third best player at the U20 World Cup.

Delgado won the bronze boot for third best player at the U20 World Cup in Chile. The defensive midfielder started all seven matches for the Argentina U20 national team.

The 20 year old wasn’t the only Argentine to win an award as Santino Barbi won the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper.

Santino Barbi named best goalkeeper at the U20 World Cup

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Santino Barbi has been named as the best goalkeeper at the U20 World Cup.

Barbi kept four clean sheets in seven matches with the Argentina U20 national team as he won the Golden Glove award. Despite the two goals in the final, the 20 year old goalkeeper made four saves in the semi final against Colombia and helped Argentina reach the final.

He becomes the first Argentine to win the award.

Argentina U20 national team lose 2-0 vs. Morocco in U20 World Cup final

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The Argentina U20 national team lost 2-0 against Morocco in the U20 World Cup final.

Diego Placente’s team did not trail the entire U20 World Cup but let in two early goals. Santino Barbi fouled just outside of the penalty area and it was a free kick for Morocco.

Going to Barbi’s side, Yassir Zabiri would score the free kick for the 1-0 lead. Argentina were awarded a free kick minutes later but Carrizo’s effort went wide.

With Morocco leading 1-0, they had a run down their right side and a cross which found Yassir Zabiri and he scored Morocco’s second goal of the match. Mateo Silvetti was substituted in for Valentino Acuña.

Milton Delgado played a pass in to Silvetti who made a run into the penalty area but his effort went wide. Moments after that, Morocco had an effort on goal which was cleared by Villalba.

Argentina would see a lot of the ball but the final ball in attack was not there as they were unable to score.