27 years of jinx … the most appropriate description of the period that passed since the last coronation of the Argentine national team in Cuba America, the tournament that was the land of Tango, the first cradle in 1916, and its dancers rose to the throne for years and years.
The Argentine national team dominated the throne of Cuba America for many years, and entered with its Uruguay counterpart in fierce competition throughout the history of the tournament for the title of the most crowned in it, before the latter was able to stand alone in the summit in 2011 after he snatched his 15th title from the backdrop of Tango dancers to surpass them with a single title.
The Argentines faced strange misfortune in the last ten copies of the tournament, where they reached the final 4 times, losing three of them on penalties in 2004, 2015, and 2016, while they came out in the last version in 2019 of the final with a two-goal loss against host Brazil in a match that witnessed a great arbitration controversy.
The tournament, which the Tango dancers control most of their records, as they are the most reaching the final match in which they are 28 times, and the most achievable of the runner-up 14 times, has eluded them in recent years, and caused a lot of pain and sorrow for the team players led by the star Lionel Messi and the fans of Argentina.
While the Argentine fans saw the coronation of Cuba as an alternative to absenteeism from the World Cup since 1986 led by legend Diego Maradona, misfortune deprived them of that outlet for 27 years, completely and completely.
As Argentines were waiting for the 2020 version of their new system, which their country would host in partnership with Colombia, to restore the missing title, the Corona virus came to delay the dream for the next year in the hope that the delay would be an opportunity to return again to the major championship platforms.
Argentina last won the Copa America in the 1993 edition in Ecuador, after defeating Mexico in the final 2-1.
Then the Tango dancers reached the final of the 2004 version, and lost to Brazil after a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in the original and overtime of the match.
In 2007, Lionel Messi teammates lost the final to Brazil by 0-3, before losing the next two finalists in 2015 and 2016 to a penalty shootout against Chile after a negative tie in the two games.
It is noteworthy that Argentina hosted 9 previous editions of the tournament and managed to win 6 of them, while lost 3 won by all Uruguay national team.
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