Ok, you know all about the passion for soccer in Brazil from Ronaldinho’s promo ads, but what about Argentina soccer? Why is it that a country that suffers and lives for soccer equally as the Brazilians don’t get their fair share of spotlight time?
Admittedly, one of the reasons is its smaller trophy room in comparison to Brazil’s (2 titles in 4 finals for Argentina, 5 titles in 7 finals for Brazil) but still…In order to do it justice, I decided to accustom you to football in Argentina.
Argentina soccer was organized in amateur or semi-professional local championships at the dawn of the 20th century and despite the fact that Argentina’s national soccer team played its first match in 1901, don’t think it was the same type of national team you would have today. Most of the players, spotted in the semi-professional championships formed up that 1930 World Cup finalist team, after which most of them returned to mediocrity.
In 1931, the first professional country-wide championship was instituted, although not all teams were affiliated to the national association. For example, only teams from Buenos Aires, Avellaneda and La...