In the match of the second round of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar, Argentina will play against Mexico in Lusail.
ArgentinaLionel Scaloni's team got off to a terrible start at the World Cup in Qatar and has already become an occasion for the ridicule of many "onlookers".
On November 22 , Argentina managed to lose to Saudi Arabia with a score of 1 in its opening match at the tournament:2. At the same time, Argentina showed much more attacking football, but the team's realization of moments on this day was terrible. In defense, the Argentines also failed, Saudi Arabia twice in the match shot into the opponent's goal and scored twice. In the first half, Argentina showed high-quality football, which allowed them to earn a penalty in the tenth minute, which was confidently implemented by Lionel Messi. In the 29th minute, the second ball flew into Saudi Arabia's goal, but it was canceled due to an offside pass from Lautaro Martinez. Then Lionel Scaloni's team gradually began to give up, believing that it would be possible to score the second goal in the second half of the match without much difficulty. However, Argentina completely failed at the beginning of the second half, Saudi Arabia was able to win back in the 48th minute. And in the 53rd minute, the Argentines got lost in their penalty area and allowed Salem Al-Dawsari to show individual technique and a good shot into the far corner of the goal. Then Argentina rushed to save the match, but, as we said, the implementation of the moments was very weak, Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais, who recorded five saves, was also able to "catch courage".
MexicoBut Gerardo Martino's team on November 22 also showed a rather weak implementation of the moments.
Mexico drew with Poland, the meeting ended with a score of 0:0. The Mexicans showed pretty good football in attack, but still they could not realize their moments and lost important points. In the second half, Poland could have put Mexico in a much more difficult position, but Robert Lewandowski failed to convert a penalty in the 58th minute.
After the first round in Group C, as a result, there is complete confusion, which of course seriously adds interest to this meeting.
ForecastIn this match, bookmakers consider Argentina a clear favorite, which is quite fair.
However, Mexico will still try to prove itself here, which is extremely important in such a match. Argentina needs to try to prove that the defeat by Saudi Arabia is an accident, that Lionel Scaloni's team can score more than one goal from the penalty spot. There should be a bright match here, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 2.5 goals on the total.
