The current world champions are close to their debut in the current edition of the World Cup. This Tuesday (16), Argentina takes the field at 10pm (Brasília time), in Kansas City, to face Algeria, in the duel that begins the campaign in search of the fourth championship.
In addition to winning the title once again, they are trying to ward off a curse that affects the current winners of the competition. Since 1962, the World Cup has not seen a country become two consecutive champions.
In history, only two teams have managed to win two consecutive titles: Italy (1934 and 1938) and (1958 and 1962). Since then, five teams (Netherlands, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France) have participated in at least two consecutive decisions and none have reached both cups.
Champion in 2018, the French team was the closest to achieving a second world championship. In Qatar, the European team was beaten by the Argentines, on penalties, in the grand final, after a match that ended 3-3.
Germany, winners in 2014, ended up falling in the group stage of the following edition, held in Russia. The same happened with Spain, champion in 2010 and eliminated early in the tournament hosted in Brazil, and with Italy, who lifted the cup in 2006 and came last in South Africa in a group with Slovakia, Paraguay and New Zealand.
