Cika wannan jumla: Argentina ba ta halarci taron ba
gasar zakarun matasa ta farko da aka gudanar a Tunisia. Farkon bayyanar ƙungiyar ƙasa a cikin gasar ƙasa da shekaru 20 ya kasance shekaru biyu bayan haka a Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta FIFA ta 1979 a Tokyo. Tawagar, wanda César Luis Menotti ya horar da shi tare da taimakon Ernesto Duchini (wanda a baya ya zaɓi 'yan wasan kuma ya yi aiki tare da su), ya lashe gasar da ke nuna kyakkyawan salon wasa wanda ya ƙunshi babban mallakar kwallon, gajere da tsayi mai tsayi, dribbling, tsayayyen tsaro da kuma layin kai hari mai ƙarfi wanda ya zira kwallaye 20 a cikin gasar. Diego Maradona da Ramón Díaz sune shugabannin ƙungiyar kuma fitattun 'yan wasan ƙungiyar. Gasar ita ce kuma gasar zakarun ta farko da Maradona ya buga a cikin tawagar kasa. Bayan takaicin da ya yi a shekarar 1978, Maradona ya yi mafi yawan wasanninsa a lokacin gasar, kasancewar shi ne dan wasan kungiyar saboda yadda yake wucewa, ya yi wa abokan hamayyarsa kwallo, ya yi daidai da harbi kyauta da kuma kwallaye shida da ya zira.