After winning the 2021 Copa America and the 2022 Intercontinental Cup, the Argentine team is being highly appreciated. Coach Lionel Scaloni’s team has a uniform, quality squad on all three lines and they aim to win the championship in Qatar.
Captain Lionel Messi is still the brightest star of Los Albiceleste but El Pulga is not “lonely”. Argentina has excellent goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, experienced defenders Otamendi Romero Lisandro Lopez, comprehensive defensive midfielder De Paul Paredes and high-performing striker Dybala Di Maria Correa Lautaro Martinez.
In addition to midfielder Lo Celso’s unfortunate injury and last-minute absence, Argentina has all the strongest cards for the conquest campaign World Cup 2022. In the group including Poland Mexico Saudi Arabia, Argentina is rated higher than his opponents.
Lewandowski is Poland’s brightest star, but he does not have teammates of the same level supporting him as Messi. Mexico no longer has any truly notable stars and their struggles in the CONCACAF regional qualifiers show that the level of this team is far behind the previous generation of Blanco Rafael Marquez Dos Santos.
Mexico has lost to Argentina in knock-out matches at World Cups 2006 and 2010 as well as at Copa America in many Mexican tournaments attended as guests. Poland also does not have a good record when meeting top teams world and the upcoming match with Argentina is no exception.
Saudi Arabia once made a splash when it reached the 1/8 round of the 1994 World Cup, but that is a story from 28 years ago. Despite making an impression in the Asian qualifiers, when entering the big playing field, Saudi Arabia is not highly appreciated and has always been eliminated early in recent years.
According to the assessment of Argentine bookmakers has a 90% chance of passing the group stage and a 69 3% chance of finishing first in the group. Being in the same bracket as France, Argentina does not want to finish second in group and face a vital match right from the 1/8 round.
Poland has a 49 3% chance of progressing while Mexico has a 47 1. History is somewhat in favor of Mexico as they have passed the group stage in the last 7 World Cups They even reached the quarterfinals at the 1986 World Cup at home.
Saudi Arabia is not highly rated in Group C with only a 13 38% chance of continuing. Even though they are on a streak of 4 recent unbeaten matches and ranked first in the Asian qualifiers, they only scored 2 goals. For nearly a year, they have not been able to score more than one goal/match and the chance of creating a surprise is very low.
Mexico and Poland will meet in the opening match of the group stage. It could be an early final for both teams. Furthermore, a good result will help either one reduce the pressure when entering the match with Argentina.
For the Argentine team, in addition to aiming for the top spot, they aspire to break Italy’s record of 37 unbeaten matches. Argentina has gone 35 matches unbeaten and if they play well in the 3 group stage matches against Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland, coach Scaloni’s team will go down in history.
Football always contains surprises and everything. It’s entirely possible. But with their current strength and rising spirit, Argentina is the number one team in Group C and their impressive results will help them be more confident in their journey to conquer the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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