Football Soccer - Argentina's national soccer team training - World Cup 2018 Qualifiers - Buenos Aires, Argentina - August 29, 2017 - Argentina's head coach Jorge Sampaoli and players Mauro Icardi, Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala walk during a training session ahead a match against Uruguay. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
(Reuters) - Argentina came close to ending their long trophy drought by reaching the World Cup final in Brazil ago but there has been little progress since then and the burden of improvement is now firmly on the shoulders of new coach Jorge Sampaoli.
The South Americans went down to an extra-time goal against Germany in the showpiece match at the Maracana in 2014 and then followed that heart-breaking loss with two consecutive defeats in the finals of the 2015 and 2016 Copa America.
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