The most effective in the qualification journey was the 4-1 victory over Brazil in Buenos Aires. Lionel Scaloni's team was dominant throughout the qualification and managed to collect 38 points from 18 matches to secure the top spot. Messi was again the central figure by winning the top scorer title thanks to his eight goals. After securing a ticket to the final round, Argentina also played a number of friendly matches against Mauritania, Iceland, and Puerto Rico, all of which ended in victory. La Albiceleste entered the tournament with a record of 21 goals and only one goal conceded, showing the consistency that keeps them among the main favorites to win. The history books also favor Argentina. The last time they failed to score in the opening match of the World Cup was in 1990 when they lost 0-1 to Cameroon. Since then, Argentina has always won in the following six meetings against African representatives at the World Cup. Despite this, Scaloni is sure not to let his team slack off. The shocking defeat of Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the 2022 World Cup was a reminder that no opponent can be taken lightly in a tournament of this magnitude. Argentina and Algeria have only met once before, in a friendly match in June 2007 which Argentina won 4-3. The final result clearly shows that Algeria is capable of putting up a fight on the field. Algeria comes with high confidence. The team nicknamed Fennec Foxes secured a ticket to North America after becoming champions of Group G in the African zone qualification. They only suffered one defeat throughout the qualification and recently showed promising performances under the direction of Vladimir Petkovic, including victories over the Netherlands and Bolivia as well as conceding only two goals in the last six matches.
Predicted line-up Argentina (4-4-2): Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Facundo Medina; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister, Thiago Almada; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez. Algeria (4-2-3-1): Luca Zidane; Rafik Belghali, Aissa Mandi, Samir Chergui, Rayan Ait-Nouri; Nabil Bentaleb, Hicham Boudaoui; Riyad Mahrez, Ibrahim Maza, Mohamed Amine Amoura; Amine Gouiri
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