Argentina are one game away from becoming just the third team to successfully defend the World Cup, with European champions Spain...
Argentina are one game away from becoming just the third team to successfully defend the World Cup, with European champions Spain standing in their way.
AFP Sport looks at how previous winners fared if they reached the final at the following tournament.
Italy, 1938
Italy were the first team in World Cup history to retain their title, beating Hungary 4-2 in the final of the 1938 tournament in France.
Four years earlier they had edged past Czechoslovakia in the final in Rome.
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