If, in yesterday's article, the host Qatar entered the hell copy, then Argentina encountered a "rookie" level copy, take a look at Argentina's opponents: Asia's top 12, Saudi Arabia, which overwhelmed Japan, ate the russian ban dividend, defeated Sweden's Poland, and North America's second-place mexico (with Canada).
Although it is the highest level in Asia, the highest level in North America, and the Poland with Lewandowski, even the Mexican team, the second highest international team in this group, has a strong advantage in terms of overall strength, lineup value, and even historical results when compared with Argentina.
Argentina: Messi is eager for the last dance, but the manager doesn't think so
After years of adjustment, Argentina was finally kneaded into a whole in the hands of Scaloni, and there were very few pictures of Messi being strong, but Argentina was difficult to be strong, in the latest qualifier roster, Argentina was over 30 years old, and Messi, Otamendi, and Di Maria were almost only 30+ players.
Messi found new opportunities in the national team
The young generation of Lautaro Martinez, Nicolas González, Molina and other players have injected new vitality into the Argentine national team, and they have united around Messi, allowing Argentina to explode with great energy in the past two or three years.
Argentina's 2021 Copa America is an outstanding achievement of this team, which proves that Argentina has the ability to stand at the top of world football, and the unbeaten record of more than 30 national team matches and FIFA ranking 4th is an important symbol of argentina's defensive progress.
If the most important players in Argentina are, I believe that Argentine fans will decisively say the names of the three musketeers in argentina: Messi, Lautaro Martinez, and Di Maria, who occasionally comes off the bench but is an important foundation of the team!
Di Maria contributed to the Copa America final
But for Argentina, the problem is that the main squad is relatively solid, and there have been few injuries in the past two or three years, but if there is an accident in the coming months, it may lead to a decline in the strength of the team.
For example, the 34-year-old centre-back Otamendi, he is the core of Argentina's defense, but it should be noted that most of the older players, his status may be the same every year, and he is currently playing for Benfica, ensuring his health and condition will be his most important task.
For example, DePaul, who has long become an indispensable midfielder in Argentina, once he has an injury situation, Argentina has no one to top his position! There is also a young left winger, Nicolas González, who can run and steal, and can also disrupt the opponent's defense, and Argentina is also difficult to find his replacement.
Argentina's strength is very strong, but relatively speaking, the lineup is not only thin, but also fragile, and there are more than half a year before the start of the World Cup, and Argentina needs to avoid unexpected situations!
If they can play with the strongest squad, Argentina will not be afraid of any team!
Mexico: Group stage qualifier worry-free? Jimenez needs to take on the big job!
If you go abroad to search, the current Mexican number one Jimenez, you will find that there is a name that appears more frequently!
That is, the former Mexican superstar who played for Manchester United and Real Madrid + the top scorer of the national team: Javier Hernandez (nicknamed Little Pea).
Jimenez could not replace the small pea
That's the biggest problem for Mexico at the moment, with Hernandez, 33, currently playing for mlika and still has decent goal efficiency, but Hernandez hasn't been in the Mexican national team since a few friendlies in 2019.
According to foreign media reports, after the 2018 World Cup, many mexican internationals who stayed abroad fell out with the national team because of the portrait rights issue, including Hernandez, Bella, Layun, Guardado and many other old countries, while the new international led by Raul Jimenez stood out and got more opportunities.
The current Mexican team, and 4 years ago the lineup has been very different, but they have not created more achievements, in the 2021 U.S. Cup, Mexico and the United States team reached the final, but finally lost to the opponent, which is also these players two consecutive U.S. Cup finals, lost to the United States.
But Mexican fans still miss Hernandez
Hernandez has played for Mexico 105 times in the past, scoring 52 goals and assisting 13 times, while Mexican fans have mocked Raul Jimenez, who replaced the little pea: the 30-year-old only needs to score 21 more penalties to catch up with Hernandez's goal record!
The reason is simple, since the beginning of 2021 (Chatter Jun only counted from this year), Raul Jimenez has only made 9 appearances for Mexico (plagued by injuries), and he has only scored 3 goals, but all three are penalties (in addition, Jimenez scored for Mexico, many of which are friendly goals).
Obviously, as the "king of the group stage" in the past, Mexico from 1994 to 2018, 7 consecutive World Cups, can successfully qualify from the group stage (but can not pass the threshold of the round of 16), Raul Jimenez led Mexico, at least to achieve this result, otherwise, the Mexican fans who are already dissatisfied with them, will inevitably intensify the attack on them!
Proving yourself is the most important task of the Mexican team, this World Cup.
But in history, Mexico has met Argentina three times and lost to Argentina three times, which also proves that their characteristics are good at playing teams other than the Americas, but when they meet the same Team of the Americas, it may not work!
For example, in the 10-year World Cup, Mexico was second in the group, the first in the group was Uruguay, in 2014, the second in the Mexican group, the first in the group was Brazil, and the South American team was not worried about the characteristics of Mexico.
Saudi Arabia: Asia's "lion", the weak chicken of the World Cup
In 2018, Saudi Arabia scored the World Cup, and the South American team Of Uruguay, the European team of Russia, Africa's Egypt into the same group, the result is obvious, Saudi Arabia only beat up a good Arab brother Egypt, in the face of Russia's "high pressing", no strength (literally, physically high), in the face of the body is obviously stronger than its own, but also can efficiently force Uruguay, Saudi Arabia has no good way!
The national football team recently drew with Saudi Arabia
Quite simply, it's a team that relies on possession and aggressive pressing as its main style, but when it comes to teams with crushing postures, and teams with better skills and better bodies, Saudi Arabia is almost only beaten.
Obviously, if you want to compete with Mexico in the frequency of feet and the way of playing with the little smart, Saudi Arabia is not qualified, let alone fight with Argentina, Saudi Arabia wants to fight for a not ugly data, it should be more defensive, under the strong package of North and South American football, realistic, more conducive to good looks, and maybe can also find counterattack opportunities, win more points!
Poland: From no "Poland" to spoiler, only rely on whether Levan shoots accurately!
Judging from Poland's recent match data, this is a very realistic team, focusing on a three-back lineup, and when facing a strong team, it will inevitably give up possession and look for counter-attack opportunities.
But when facing opponents who are not as strong as themselves, Poland will be fierce, can score 5, absolutely not 4, can score 3, and definitely not score 2!
This is an important reason for Poland to qualify for the World Cup, of course, it should be noted that Russia was forced to cancel the game, but also greatly reduced the pressure that Poland had previously borne, you know, in the qualifiers, Russia's performance is really not weak, Poland compared to Sweden, which was eliminated by itself, it is indeed taking advantage!
For example, in the first leg of the play-offs, Levan was injured, but because Russia was forced to withdraw, Poland only had to play a friendly match with Scotland, so Lewandowski could watch from the sidelines, while their opponent Sweden fought with the Czech Republic for 120 minutes for a final spot to win or lose!
Speaking of Poland, levine has to be mentioned
The Polish team with Lewandowski, Zelinsky, Molde, Glik and Szczesny as the central axis, even in European football, can still be regarded as a relatively comprehensive lineup, after all, this team has many players who play in the five major leagues.
But this is a typical European team that relies on star players, the team will try to create opportunities for Lewandowski, and Levan will try to give back to the team, once Levan is not in good shape, the foot is average, Poland may be in crisis.
But if Levan has a great foot feel, then Poland will also get the opportunity to create miracles!
Conclusion: Talk about Argentina's World Cup trip
In the introduction of Group A, Liaoqiujun did not say much about the World Cup journey of the Dutch team, because Liaoqiujun did not recognize that the Netherlands would become a contender for the World Cup.
Unlike Argentina, the momentum of the winning streak, the reasonable lineup, and the good half-zone grouping all affect Argentina's chances of winning the championship.
First of all: by referencing the 2018 World Cup tour, it is not fair to Argentina, why? Because after 4 years, Argentina's lineup has changed a lot!
At that time, Argentina was still Aguero + Higuain double gun
If you look over Argentina's 2018 World Cup big list, and Argentina's recent big list, you will find that too many players have been replaced, and in 2018, Argentina was finally 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, and the second in the group qualified, met the French team, and finally fell at the feet of Mbappe.
At present, this Argentine team is undoubtedly younger, more energetic, and more balanced, and the regular starting line of the World Cup, most likely is Messi + Lautaro + Gonzalez, Messi is responsible for the tandem + the last pass and the goal, Lautaro and Gonzalez can make up for Argentina's pressing strength with positive running.
This is a more "modern" Argentine team than 4 years ago.
This World Cup, Argentina must strive for the first place in the group, according to the group, Argentina group first qualifying, will face the second place in group D, that is, in addition to France, Denmark, Tunisia, (Peru, Australia, the United Arab Emirates one of them), in the current situation, the probability of encountering Denmark is the largest.
If you can advance to the top 8, you will encounter the first place in Group A or the second place in Group B, of which Group A is most likely to be the Netherlands, the second most likely group B is the United States or Wales, Scotland, Ukraine, and Argentina has a high probability of qualifying for the World Cup Final Four!
Argentina could miss England ahead of the round of 4
This means that Argentina will most likely meet the Netherlands before the top 4, only the Netherlands this traditional strong team, the signing is really good, if you say who will meet in the top four, it really doesn't matter, the top 4 also want to find a weak team to play, almost impossible, then it is the real bayonet, hard to hit hard, who can hold their breath, win is to win!
Any team with a greater chance of reaching the top 4 can be called a candidate for the World Cup!
Argentina wants to go to the end, avoiding injuries is the most important, and boosting confidence is secondary, but no one can deny that Argentina, which ranks fourth in FIFA, is the champion favorite team in this World Cup!