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New three star World Cup champions Argentina national team shirt release date

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The Argentina national team will have a new shirt with the World Cup badge and three stars which will be released.

Argentina’s new three star World Cup winning shirt is set to be released on December 26 through Adidas. The shirt will have the World Cup badge in the middle with three stars above the AFA crest.

Following the team’s penalty shootout win vs. France in the World Cup final, the players wore the new shirt during the celebrations.

Videos: Cristian Romero’s performance at the World Cup, match vs. France

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Cristian Romero had a great World Cup and a fantastic performance in the final vs. France.

Romero continued his incredible partnership alongside Nicolas Otamendi in Argentina’s back line. Compilations of Romero’s performances at the World Cup have been posted online and here are two.

The first is Romero’s performance vs. France in the World Cup final and the second is Romero’s performance throughout the World Cup.

Latest FIFA rankings, World Cup champions Argentina in second

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The latest FIFA rankings are out and the World champions Argentina are in second place.

Lionel Scaloni’s team lifted the biggest trophy in all of football to add that third star on the shirt but even with the win, they are not first in the rankings. Brazil are first with Argentina second and France third.

One of the reasons why Argentina are not first appears to be because FIFA does not count Argentina’s penalty shootout wins vs. Netherlands and France as wins. Instead, they would count as draws. Here are the top 10:

1: Brazil
2: Argentina
3: France
4: Belgium
5: England
6: Netherlands
7: Croatia
8: Italy
9: Portugal
10: Spain

Nicolás Tagliafico on the World Cup final: “I didn’t know I was playing”

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Nicolás Tagliafico spoke about the World Cup final, stating that he didn’t know he was playing.

Tagliafico started the World Cup final for Argentina and put in a stellar performance as they lifted the trophy. He would start the semi final and final for the Argentina national team in place of Marcos Acuña but it was Acuna who was set to start the final.

The original early reports had Acuña in the eleven vs. France but about an hour and a half before kick off, it was Tagliafico’s name on the team sheet. Speaking in an interview, streaming with AFA Estudio, here is what he had to say:

“We got to the team talk and I didn’t know that I was playing. I thought it was el huevo (Marcos Acuña). I saw my name and my eyes opened up. I still haven’t realized what we have achieved, I think it was the best final ever.”

Argentina in Group A for January-February U20 Sudamericano tournament

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Argentina are in Group A for the U20 Sudamericano tournament which will be held at the start of the new year.

Coach Javier Mascherano will be coaching in yet another tournament. The tournament will be held between January 19 and February 12, with Argentina in Group A along with hosts Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru.

The tournament will serve as qualifiers for the 2023 U20 World Cup in Indonesia and the 2023 Pan American Games. The top four teams will qualifier for the U20 World Cup and the top three teams, along with hosts Chile, will qualify for the Pan American Games next year.

Javier Mascherano’s team will play Paraguay on January 21 before playing on January 23 vs. Brazil. On January 25 they play Peru and will play their last match in the group on January 27 vs. Colombia.

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