Mundialito / Argentina

Argentina at the Mundialito 1980/81 in Uruguay .

National coach Menotti relied mainly on the squad that had won the World Cup two and a half years earlier. The veteran defender Daniel Killer , who was only a substitute in 1978, had already resigned in 1978. He had not used the young super talent Diego Maradona in 1978 so as not to burn it out. After Maradona's outstanding performance in 1979 at the Junior World Cup, he was appointed to the national team. Menotti wanted to defend the 1982 World Cup with him as a playmaker.

Argentine contingent

goalkeeper
Ubaldo Fillol	CA River Plate	July 21, 1950
Hector Baley	CA Independiente	November 16, 1950
Defense
Luis Galvan	CA Talleres	February 24, 1948
Alberto Tarantini	CA River Plate	3rd December 1955
Jorge Olguín	CA Independiente	17th May 1952
Daniel Passarella	CA River Plate	March 25, 1953
José van Tuyne	CA Talleres	December 13, 1954
Victorio Ocaño	CA Talleres	June 9, 1954
midfield
Diego Maradona	Argentinos Juniors	October 30, 1960
Osvaldo Ardiles	Tottenham Hotspur	3rd August 1952
Juan Barbas	Racing Club Avellaneda	23rd August 1959
Carlos Fren	CA Independiente	December 27, 1954
Américo Gallego	Newell's Old Boys	April 25, 1955
attack
Mario Kempes	Valencia CF	July 15, 1954
Daniel Bertoni	AC Florence	March 14, 1955
Leopoldo Luque	CA River Plate	May 3, 1949
Ramón Díaz	CA River Plate	August 29, 1959
José Daniel Valencia	CA Talleres	3rd October 1955
Trainer
	César Luis Menotti	November 5, 1938

Argentine Games

Preliminary round

Table group B
space	team	Sp.	Weight	Unent.	Loss	Gates	Pt.
1	Brazil	2	1	1	0	5: 2	3: 1
2	Argentina	2	1	1	0	3: 2	3: 1
3	BR Germany	2	0	0	2	2: 6	0: 4

January 1, 1981
Argentina	-	BR Germany	2: 1 (0: 1) goals: Hrubesch (41st), Kaltz (84th own goal), Díaz (88th)
4th January 1981
Brazil	-	Argentina	1: 1 (0: 1) goals: Maradona (30th), Edevaldo (47th)
7th January 1981
Brazil	-	BR Germany	4: 1 (0: 0) goals: Allofs (54th), Júnior (56th), Toninho Cerezo (61th), Serginho (76th), Zé Sérgio (82nd)