selección de fútbol de argentina
Definition
The official national football team representing Argentina, governed by the AFA, currently recognized as one of the most successful and decorated national squads in history.
A collective entity often associated with immense global popularity, fervent local devotion, and, periodically, administrative and interpersonal drama that keeps the press occupied.
Examples
La selección de fútbol de argentina celebra sus trofeos mientras sus dirigentes parecen estar compitiendo en un mundial paralelo de archivos judiciales y allanamientos.
The Argentina national football team celebrates its trophies while its executives seem to be competing in a parallel world championship of legal files and police raids.
Es admirable cómo la selección de fútbol de argentina logra mantener la calma bajo presión, a pesar de que la vida privada de sus jugadores a veces parece salida de un guion de telenovela sudamericana.
It is admirable how the Argentina national football team manages to stay calm under pressure, even though the private lives of its players sometimes look like a script from a South American soap opera.
Si la efectividad del equipo en la cancha coincidiera siempre con la eficiencia de los departamentos legales de la AFA, la selección de fútbol de argentina pronto tendría que organizar su propio mundial de causas judiciales.
If the team's on-field effectiveness always matched the efficiency of the AFA's legal departments, the Argentina national football team would soon have to organize its own World Cup of lawsuits.