SenotsOmbrackHow can anyone rate Argentina as a favorite ? This is beyond me. Yes they have Messi, but apart from him, they are really struggling, have no game plan. Okay this is Argentina, and they can go beyond expectation, but really, i feel like there are a lot of better teams out there.
Babe, even without Messi their attack would still have Higuaín, Di Maria, Dybala, Aguero and Icardi which - best attack going into the WC by a long chalk.
Midfield of Pastore, Banega, Biglia etc is decent, could even play Lanzini there.
Defence is probably lacking yeahhh but Otamendi is a bit of a rock.
The attackers in argentina are the best in europe as well as the world only when they are playing in their own team.
Just take a look at the highlights of the frdly match of Arg v Haiti and you will see di maria and higuain missed so many golden chances. And remember, thats just Haiti in a frdly match. If the Argentina team wants to get into the finals again they need to pull off their best instead of relying on messi to dribble past 4 top defenders and score himself IN EVERY MATCH