Scroll to the top

{{ subpage.title }}

FÚTBOL FIASCO: ARGENTINA AT A CROSSROADS

It was supposed to be a triumphant moment—an opportunity to showcase Argentina's soccer prowess and to escape, if only momentarily, the gloom of a spiraling domestic economic situation. Scheduled for Saturday, the last match of Latin America's premier soccer finale, the Copa Libertadores, pitted two cross-town rivals from the capital Buenos Aires for the first time in the tournament's 58-year history.

Read moreShow less

Subscribe to our free newsletter, GZERO Daily

Latest