▲ Losing against Saudi Arabia, a red flag was turned on for Argentina to progress to the tournament ▲ Argentina’s reliable man is Messi, scoring 3 goals against Mexico ▲ Argentina also won 3 games against Mexico in the Cup the World / 3 friendly games after the World Cup in Russia
[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = football god Lionel Messi is leading the hunt for Mexico.
Argentina’s national team is set to face Mexico in the second round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B group stage, which will be held at 4 am on the 27th Korea time.
All Argentina needs is 3 points. It shouldn’t rain. The earth is almost wiped out.
Even before the tournament, it was predicted that Argentina would play in the first round, Mexico and Poland in the second round, and Saudi Arabia in the first round.
When I opened the lid, the results were quite different. Argentina’s progress to the round of 16 was not optimistic as they were held by Saudi Arabia. Mexico and Poland also drew, making Group B an unintended group of deaths.
The most urgent team among them is Argentina. Saudi Arabia, considered the weakest team in Group B, were held. We have to play the remaining 2nd and 3rd games with 1 loss. I was in danger of counting the number of cases when watching the final result. Above all, even before the tournament, Argentina was a strong contender for the championship along with Brazil and France.
It is not a step to give up. Once the remaining two games are won, progress to the round of 16 is confirmed. If you slip even once, you have to watch the results of other teams.
Fortunately (?) Argentina showed a good performance against Mexico. In the World Cup, they won all three head-to-head games. Even in the 21st century, they met in the round of 16 of the 2006 World Cup in Germany and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, both of which Argentina won.
Messi also scored three goals against Mexico. Starting with the 2007 Copa America, he tasted goals in two friendlies. The last one was in September 2015. Since the World Cup in Russia, he has not taken part in all three recent A games. And during this period, Argentina won 3 games against Mexico.
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