Without Lionel Messi, Argentina, already assured of its qualification for the 2026 World Cup, struck hard during the American LAS SuperClasico by beating Brazil on the 4-1 score. The 2022 World Champions Emiliano Martinez, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Leandro Parkes, Alexis Mac Allister, Rodrigo de Paul, Enzo Fernandez and Julian Alvarez responded to the Seleçao (Lautaro Martinez was also forfeit), while Thiago Almada and Giuliano Simeone are new weapons For Lionel Scaloni.
The Abiceleste, which has lost only Angel Di Maria (International Retirement) after the coronation at Copa America 2024, against Colombia in Miami, will be among the major favorites of FIFA World Cup 26, co-organized by Canada, the United States and Mexico (but fully played in the US from the quarterfinals). The Messi legend will celebrate his 38th birthday on June 24 but continues to shine with his MLS club, Inter Miami, and is also the top scorer of the South American World Cup playoff with six achievements.
World number 1 in the FIFA ranking, Argentina will obviously be part of the head of the drawing of the group phase (probably next December), in the company of the three organizing countries. X account Football Rankings Directed a projection of the four hats of 12 teams and Brazil as well as the best European selections complete hat 1, namely France, Spain, England, Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium and Italy.
Argentina and disadvantaged Brazil
If all these European cadors qualify well for the 2026 World Cup (Italy is in danger in a group with Norway), the heads of standard could therefore fall on Germany, which is 10th in the FIFA ranking and projected in hat 2 of the draw for the moment. South American qualified people who cannot compete, Argentina and Brazil would avoid Uruguay and Colombia but would have one in two chance of falling on a European. In addition to the Mannschaft, we find in this virtual 2 pot 2 Croatia, Switzerland, Denmark and Austria, as well as Morocco, Senegal, Japan and South Korea.
To have a “group of death” in the first round of the World Cup, it will also be necessary to inherit the few quality teams present in the last two hats (if, once again, they qualify for the quadrennial meeting). In the 3rd pot, we find for the moment Algeria, a talented and revengeful formation, Egypt of Mohamed Salah or the Ivory Coast in title, well left in the African qualifiers. Tunisia, Cameroon and South Africa would also be in this hat 3.
Finally, the last hat will welcome the four winners of European dams, which will be known in March 2026 (after the draw, therefore). Depending on the calculations of Football RankingsAleksandar Metrovic's Serbia, Norway from Erling Haaland, Greece of Vangelis Pavlidis and Hakan Calhanoglu Turkey would be the recovery. If the European selections can only fall on a single other team from the old continent, this is not the case with Brazil and Argentina, which can very well face the Germans of the Julian Nagelsmann strategist and the Norwegian of the Duo Erling Haaland-Alexander Sorloth.
