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RAY OF HOPE – Ranked third in the world, two-time World Cup winner and bolstered by the team that won the 2021 Copa America, Argentina on paper can win Group C which is also filled Mexico, Polandand Saudi Arabia.

Mexico, Polandand Saudi Arabia have a lot to do against the team Argentina whose force is equally distributed on all fronts.

Mexico who has twice reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup and qualified for Qatar 2022 as a runner-up in the North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) zone should be Group C.

But it can also Poland accompaniement Argentina in the knockout phase, they also reached third place twice at the 1974 and 1982 World Cups.

Saudi Arabia the lowest ranked and having reached the round of 16 of the 1994 World Cup, on paper, will have a hard time beating the three teams.

However, nothing is impossible in football, especially when the Saudis play in the desert climate they know well.

Here are the profiles of the four teams of Group C excerpts from various sources, including news agencies AFP:

ARGENTINA

Best results in the World Cup: winners of the 1978 and 1986 editions.

Best results in other tournaments: 15 times Copa America champion, winner of the 1992 Confederations Cup and Olympic gold medals in 2004 and 2008.

FIFA Ranking: 3

Argentina qualified for Qatar after being vice-champion of the South American zone (CONMEBOL) against Brazil, both undefeated in qualifying for this zone.

But the series notes Argentina more than Brazil so Lionel Scaloni’s team finished second with 11 wins and 6 draws, to score 27 goals and concede 8 times. Argentina also unbeaten in their last 35 matches.

Crew:
Most Tango teams are likely to have players playing in Europe’s top five leagues, with most being the Premier League and the Spanish League.

Possible team Argentina:

Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa/English League), Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal/LaLiga), Franco Armani (River Plate/Argentina)
Defenders: Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid/LaLiga), Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla/LaLiga), Cristian Romero (Tottenham/English League), German Pezzella (Betis/LaLiga), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica/Portugal League), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla/ LaLiga), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon/French League 1), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United/English League), Juan Foyth (Villarreal/LaLiga)
Midfielders: Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid/LaLiga), Leandro Paredes (Juventus/Italian Serie A), Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal/LaLiga), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton and Hove Albion/English League), Guido Rodriguez (Betis /LaLiga ) ), Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez (Sevilla/LaLiga), Enzo Fernandez (Benfica/Portuguese League)
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain/Ligue 1), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan/Serie A), Angel Di Maria (Juventus/Serie A), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City/English League), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina/Serie A), Paulo Dybala (Roma/Serie A), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid/LaLiga), Juan Foyth (Villarreal/LaLiga)

Coach: Lionel Scaloni (44). Former assistant to Jorge Sampaoli until the 2018 World Cup became a player Argentina when he won the U20 World in 1997 and with Deportivo la Coruna won the Spanish League in 2000.
In 2019, he delivered Argentina finished third in the 2019 Copa America and won in 2021.

Most important player: Lionel Messi. The 35-year-old looks to repeat Diego Maradona’s lead Argentina won the world cup. He almost did in 2014.
Scored 90 goals in 164 national team appearances Argentinaduring this season with Paris Saint-Germain, he scored 12 goals and provided 14 assists in 18 matches.

Match schedule:
November 22: fight Saudi Arabia
November 26: fight Mexico
November 30: fight Poland

MEXICO

Best in World Cup: 1970 and 1986 quarter-finals

Best other tournaments: Eight-time CONCACAF Gold Cup winner, 1999 Confederations Cup winner, 2012 Olympic gold medalist

FIFA Ranking: 13

Mexico reached Qatar after finishing second in the CONCACAF zone behind Canada with 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. They only lost on goal difference against Canada.

Mexico as well as the United States and three other countries automatically qualify for the third round of this zone.

Crew:

Most team members Mexico is a local club player, specifically from Monterey.

But they are also bolstered by a number of players who play in Europe such as Hirving Lozano at Napoli and Raul Jimenez at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Possible team Mexico:

Goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa (America), Alfredo Talavera (Juarez), Rodolfo Cota (Leon)

Defenders: Jorge Sanchez (Ajax/Netherlands), Kevin Alvarez (Pachuca), Nestor Araujo (America), Cesar Montes (Monterrey), Hector Moreno (Monterrey), Johan Vasquez (Cremonese/Italy), Gerardo Arteaga (Genk/Belgium ), Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey)

Midfielders: Edson Alvarez (Ajax/Netherlands), Luis Chavez (Pachuca), Carlos Rodriguez (Cruz Azul), Andres Guardado (Betis/Spain), Hector Herrera (Houston Dynamo/USA), Erick Gutierrez (PSV Eindhoven/Netherlands), Orbelin Pineda (AEK Athens/Greece), Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul), Diego Lainez (Sporting Braga/Portugal)

Forwards: Henry Martin (America), Raul Jimenez (Wolverhampton/England), Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey), Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord/Netherlands), Alexis Vega (Guadalajara), Hirving Lozano (Napoli/Italy)

Coach: Gerard Martino. original trainer Argentina This 60-year-old is training Mexico since 2019. and has coached Barcelona, ​​the national team Argentina and the national team of Paraguay.

Key player: Guillermo Ochoa. The 37-year-old is the player who often gets stronger Mexico. Ochoa became the main player in the 0-0 draw against Brazil at the 2014 World Cup.

Match schedule:
November 22: fight Poland
November 26: fight Argentina
November 30: fight Saudi Arabia

POLAND

Best World Cup achievements: Third place in the 1974 and 1982 World Cups

Another best tournament: 1972 Olympic champion

FIFA Ranking: 26

Reached the Qatar 2022 final after finishing second in the European Group I standings to face Sweden in a playoff match which they beat 2-0.

Poland finished second to England in Group I after completing 10 games with six wins, two draws and two losses.

Crew:
The Italian Legion is most likely the dominant power Polandincluding goalkeepers Wojciech Szczesny and Arkadiusz Milik at Juventus, and Piotr Zielinski at Napoli.

Moreover, they still have the Aston Villa duo of Jan Bednarek and Matty Cash, and of course Robert Lewandowski who now strengthens Barcelona.

Possible team Poland:
Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus/Italy), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna/Italy), Bartlomiej Dragowski (Spezia/Italy), Kamil Grabara (FC Copenhagen/Denmark)

Defenders: Kamil Glik (Benevento/Italy), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria/Italy), Jan Bednarek (Aston Villa/England), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Matty Cash (Aston Villa/England), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia/Italy) , Robert Gumny (Augsburg/Germany), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont/France), Maik Nawrocki (Legia Warsaw)

Midfielder: Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al-Shabab/Saudi Arabia), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli/Italy), Karol Linetty (Turin/Italy), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens/France), Sebastian Szymanski (Feyenoord/Netherlands), Szymon Zurkowski (Fiorentina/Italy), Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City/ England) , Jakub Kaminski (Wolfsburg/Germany), Nicola Zalewski (Rome/Italy)

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona/Spain), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus/Italy), Krzysztof Piatek (Salernitana/Italy), Karol Swiderski (Charlotte FC/USA)

Coach: Czeslaw Michniewicz. The 52-year-old was arrested in January this year to replace Paulo Sousa who opted to coach Flamengo in Brazil. This coach’s most notable record is leading Legia Warsaw to win La Liga Poland in 2020.

Most important player: Robert Lewandowski. Famously prolific at club level but didn’t score a single goal in the 2018 World Cup when Poland eliminated from the group stage.
The 34-year-old is Bayern’s all-time top scorer.
The winner of two European Golden Boots has been named FIFA Player of the Year twice in the past two years.

Match schedule:
November 22: fight Mexico
November 26: fight Saudi Arabia
November 30: fight Argentina

SAUDI ARABIA

Highest World Cup finish: Round of 16 in 1994

Best other tournaments: Asian Cup winners 1984, 1988 and 1996

FIFA Ranking: 51

The Saudis qualify for the final World Cup 2022 after finishing first in Group B of the Asian zone. Saudi Arabia went straight to the second round by winning Group D after going unbeaten with six wins and two draws.

In the third round, Saudi Arabia finished first ahead of Japan after registering 7 wins, 2 draws and one loss.

Crew:
Saudi Arabia should be strengthened by players who play in the national league, mainly from Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr.

Possible Saudi team:

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al-Owais (Al-Hilal), Mohammed Al Rubaie Al-Yami (Al-Ahli), Amin Bukhari (Al-Nassr), Nawaf Al-Aqidi (Al-Nassr)

Defenders: Saud Abdulhamid (Al-Hilal), Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal), Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal), Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Hilal), Sultan Al-Ghanam (Al-Nassr), Hassan Tambakti (Al-Shabab), Abdulelah Al-Amri (Al-Nassr), Ziyad Al-Sahafi (Al-Taawoun), Ali Lajami (Al-Nassr), Abdullah Madu (Al-Nassr), Ahmed Bamsaud (Al-Ittihad )

Midfielders: Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal), Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal), Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab), Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal), Sami Al -Najei (Al-Nassr), Ali Al-Hassan (Al-Nassr), Nasser Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Abdulrahman Al-Aboud (Al-Ittihad), Fahad Al-Muwallad (Al-Shabab), Nawaf Al -Abed (Al-Shabab), Riyad Sharahili (Abha), Awad Al-Nashri (Al-Ittihad)

Attackers: Firas Al-Buraikan (Al-Fateh), Abdullah Al-Hamdan (Al-Hilal), Saleh Al-Shehri (Al-Hilal), Haitham Asiri (Al-Ahli), Haroune Camara (Al-Ittihad)

Trainer: Herve Renard. The 54-year-old French coach has been coaching the Saudis since 2019. The former player for the French League club led Zambia to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and three years at Ivory Coast in the FIFA Cup. of Nations 2015.

Most Important Player: Winger Salem al-Dawsari nicknamed ‘Tornado’ has become Saudi Arabia’s most important player. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, he scored as the Saudis beat Egypt 2-1.
In World Cup qualifiers, he became the Saudis’ savior when they nearly lost to a weak side from Yemen to end in a 2-2 draw, also when they beat Uzbekistan.

Match schedule:
November 22: fight Argentina
November 26: fight Poland
November 30: fight Mexico.***