Argentina's players react at the end of their 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Ecuador at the Antonio Vespucio Liberti stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 8, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
(Reuters) - Argentina’s shock 2-0 defeat by Ecuador at the River Plate stadium on Thursday has brought back bitter memories of the last time they lost at the same venue, a 5-0 humiliation by Colombia 22 years ago.
That defeat in September, 1993, also in a World Cup qualifier, sparked chants of “Maradoooo...na” from the packed stands.
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