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When Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia I thought they would not make the top 16. But I was wrong. Argentina not only managed to find their game, but also showed us some beautiful football. Scaloni's team rehabilitated after the defeat in the first match and went into the play-offs in first place, while Poland beat Mexico on goal difference. I was betting on Mexico making the play-offs, but I was wrong, my bet didn't pay off.

I also thought that Argentina and Mexico would qualify from group C, but since the defeat against Saudi Arabia everyone doubted that Argentina would qualify but Argentina really paid for the defeat by getting better in the next match, finally Poland, which qualified from group C, accompanied Argentina. to the knockout round, argentina will meet Australia in the knockout round, i think argentina can miss the game later by beating australia Wink

In the first match, Argentina suffered defeat but I have no doubt that they will be able to qualify from the group, and it has been proven, now they are still the favorites to win the Qatar World Cup.
and meeting Australia in the knockout stage I think is a little profitable for them because in terms of the quality of the team they should be able to win.

what was profitable was poland because even though they lost they still qualified in the group because Saudi Arabia failed to win in the match against Mexico.
while Mexico, which won a narrow victory over Saudi Arabia, could not qualify because of the productivity of their goals, they lost to Poland.
This Group C is very fierce and interesting.

I think that Argentina is a favorite, but this championship has shown that many of the teams are quite evenly performing. They have their weak moments, some teams more than others, but still they all have them to some degree. I am not only referring to the results only, but also to phases during a game. Argentina against Poland was very one-sided. Now when they win their game against Australia and I expect the Netherlands to win their game against USA, we will have the first exciting meeting between two very strong teams where the little details will already decide over win and defeat. Although I feel like I am a little bit early, already talking about the next step. Argentina vs. Australia is hard to believe that Argentina will give that game away, but USA might be a stronger opponent for the Netherlands than I might expect at first glance.