There are no black players
on Argentina's roster. Actually, there are
hardly any black people left in Argentina
period.
In a recent article in the Huffington Post, Rachel
Décoste argues that the reason why no black
men play on the Argentine team is because
Argentina’s black population has either been
decimated through participation in various wars
or has been thoroughly ignored through various
policies. These are so ingrained in the Argentine
imagination, and having such a societal dislike
or disregard for blackness is so common, that
even if Argentines have African blood, they
suppress this knowledge. So it stands to reason
that though it can be seen that a good cultural
mix creates better football teams, Argentina has
not bowed to that trend. She writes:
It should be expected that the “rainbow nations”
which were conceived by the blend of
American-Indians, Spaniards and enslaved
Africans would reflect their diversity in their
soccer clubs.
South and Central American clubs representing
Colombia, Honduras , Costa Rica, Ecuador,
Uruguay , Chile all showcase the diversity of
their nations. Despite their enduring
racialdiscrimination problems, they have
leveraged black athleticism to carry their teams
to contention in the Copa del Mundo.
Curiously, Argentina’s club does not follow the
trend.
There are no black players on Argentina’s
roster. Actually, there are hardly any black
people left in Argentina period.
In colonial times, the proportion of Africans
hovered around 50 per cent in half of
Argentina’s provinces. General José de San
Martín, the revolutionary who lead the charge to
gain independence from Spanish rule, estimated
that there were 400,000 Afro-Argentines who
could be recruited to his armies. Black men
made up 65 per cent of his troops.
The 2010 census puts the Afro-Argentine
population at 150,000, or less than half of one
per cent.
How did the Africans disappear?
Although slavery was abolished in Argentina in
1813, many Afro-Argentines were still held as
slaves. Emancipation was promised to those
who would fight in Argentina’s wars. Most
African men signed up with hopes of winning
their freedom. They were sent to the front lines.
Most perished while fighting for a country that
did not recognize their rights or humanity.
Until 1853, the law forced slave owners to cede
40 percent of their slaves to military service.
The promise of manumission was offered to
those enslaved persons who completed five
years of service — a promise rarely kept.
Over the years, overt and covert government
sanctions promoted ethnic cleansing
and, some say, genocide. Argentina is now
South America’s whitest country (97 per cent
according to the CIA World Factbook).
Argentinians themselves have purged their
African roots from their socio-historical
landscape and conscience.
What you won’t read in the tourist tomes like
Fodor’s and Lonely Planet is that the country
was built essentially by slave labour. Countless
edifices, including the Estancia Santa Catalina
of Cordoba, a Jesuit estate founded in 1622
now part of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites,
were built and maintained by enslaved Africans.
This particular estate still has the slave quarters,
small mud structures, outside the compound. It
is one of few pieces of evidence of slavery
remaining.
As Argentina refuses to authenticate the dowry
which transatlantic slaves bequeathed to their
nation, the truth cannot be contained. Historians
uncovered that the tango is an Afro-Argentine
endowment as well
.
There is a theory that diversity is good for team
performance in soccer, and in the overall health
of any society. Whether Argentina is an outlier
is still up for debate

Source
www.thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/black-men-playing-argentina/

The more reason why they must lose today.

@ op: i believe the reasons you stated are so far from the truth. I will give you a clue about the high rate of "negrophobia" in Argentina - WW ||. Thank you.