Argentina - Mexico: World Cup in Qatar 2022, live | Messi leads his team in a do-or-die match

Argentina fans at the Lusail stadium, in the north of Doha. JUAN MABROMATA (AFP)

The Argentine team faces a life or death match this afternoon in the World Cup in Qatar.

The albiceleste team faces Mexico (8:00 p.m., by World Goal, at 1:00 p.m. in Mexico and 4:00 p.m. in Argentina) on the second day of the group stage with the obligation not to lose to continue with options of qualifying for the round of 16. final.

After his collapse on the first day against Saudi Arabia, Leo Messi's team will be eliminated with one game remaining if they suffer another defeat.

Poland has beaten the Saudis 2-0 and has complicated everything in the group.

The Mexicans, to whom the tie in the opening game against the Poles was little known, seek to add at least one point to reach the last day depending on themselves.

Tata Martino has opted for a line of five defenders to neutralize the Argentines.

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The Kun does not want to miss it

The former forward of the Argentine national team is at the stadium to witness the match in which his team is playing for permanence in the World Cup in Qatar 2022.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 18:34

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A week without consolation in Argentina

Jose Pablo Criales

Argentina did not sleep on the eve of their debut in the World Cup and ended up dragging insomnia throughout the week.

On Monday night, hours before the next morning's game against Saudi Arabia, Buenos Aires was breathing New Year's Eve: the grills were lit, the sweets in the bakeries ran out, and thousands of people decided to pass by until the next day.

The decision of the schools to postpone classes until after the World Cup premiere seemed to reach 45 million Argentines.

On Tuesday at nine in the morning, after its worst defeat in World Cup history, the country not only had to go to work.

He also had to face the fear that the team that has generated the most enthusiasm in the last 20 years will end in failure.

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In the image: Argentine fans watched the defeat against Saudi Arabia in a square in Buenos Aires, last Monday.

Credit Enrique Garcia Medina

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 18:24

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Argentina cries for Diego

The official account of Argentina, before what happens in the World Cup, has the tweet fixed in memory of Diego Armando Maradona.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 18:22

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This is Group C

Argentina is required to win to aspire to overcome the group stage.

Mexico would be worth a tie if they beat Saudi Arabia in the last game.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 18:17

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Mexico will play against the despair of Argentina

El Tri, with a line of five defenders, will attack a very offensive Argentina with everything.

The key for the Mexicans will be to resist the attacks at all costs.

There they will have their guardian, Guillermo Ochoa, who will face Messi for the first time.

Of seven official matches, six have been won by the Albiceleste and only one victory for the Mexicans in the Copa América in 2004. Mexico plays against logic.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 18:12

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The preview of Argentina - Mexico is also played (with xenophobia) on Twitter

Diego Mancera

Everything broke out in the hours before the game.

A group of Mexicans in Qatar caused the Falklands to be the topic of the day on TikTok and Twitter.

“And now you see it, and now you see it, English is spoken in the Malvinas!” some shout.

"Brother, I allow you all, but not that one," another Argentine fan replied.

A Mexican chant began to circulate on Twitter that pushed the discussion to the limit: "The Malvinas could not stand, they could not stand inflation and the coke we sell to Diego took it away."

On April 2, 1982, troops from the Argentine dictatorship forcibly recaptured the islands that the country was trying to claim as part of its territory.

74 days of battles on land, sea and air after the onslaught of the UK surrendered.

The balance, according to official data, was 649 Argentines and 255 British dead.

The Argentines have replied with the list of winners: "How many cups do you have?", they ask while they show Kempes and Maradona with the World Cup in 1978 and 1986. In addition to this, xenophobic messages have been replicated and they even attack migrants .

Last Wednesday, a group of fans of El Tri and La Albiceleste staged a fight, without injuries or arrests, in Qatar.

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In the image: Mexican fans while they sing about the Malvinas and the Argentine fan who confronts them, in Qatar.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 18:00

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Argentina bets on its best eleven

Lionel Scaloni wants to go for everything against the Mexicans with: Emiliano Martínez;

Gonzalo Montiel, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez;

Rodrigo de Paul, Marcos Acuña, Guido Rodríguez, Alexis Mac Allister;

Angel Di Maria, Lautaro Martinez and Lionel Messi

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 17:51

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Mexico will play without a nine and with five defenders

Tata Martino will play against Argentina without a fixed nine, despite the fact that he has Argentine-Mexican Rogelio Funes Mori on the bench.

Nor will the Ajax central defender, Edson Álvarez, play.

​​​​​​​This will be the eleven of Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa;

Jesús Gallardo, Héctor Moreno, César Montes, Néstor Araujo and Kevin Álvarez;

Andrés Guardado, Héctor Herrera and Luis Chávez;

in the attack Hirving Lozano and Alexis Vega

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 17:48

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Mexico wants to knock down another giant

The Mexican team has two victories against world champions in its showcases: a 2-0 against France in South Africa in 2010 and the 0-1 against Germany in Russia in 2018. Against Argentina they could have the victory of all time: throw out the Argentina favorite of the World Cup.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 17:41

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What do Argentina and Mexico need to qualify for the round of 16?

Diego Mancera

The best scenario for the Copa América champions is to beat Mexico, since Poland beat the Saudis 2-0 on this second date.

And on the last day, Scaloni's men must beat Poland and the Mexicans and the Arabs draw, or even a Mexican victory.

Another good result is that if the Mexicans and Argentines tie, Messi's men must win against Saudi Arabia yes or yes and wait for Mexico to tie against Saudi Arabia.

What happens if Argentina loses?

The victory of the Poles leaves Argentina heartbroken if they also lose to Mexico: no positive result from the Argentines against the Poles would help them.

It is immediate removal.

Now, if Poland and Argentina win their second game, but in their direct confrontation the Poles win, they would take everything to the elimination of Argentina.

If Poland and Argentina win their second game, but at the crossroads they tie and Arabia wins, draws or loses against Mexico... Out with Argentina.

In the image: Messi and Hirving Lozano, during their World Cup matches.

Credit: AFP.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 17:38

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Last call for Messi and company

The Argentines see this game as a revenge, yes, but also as an early final.

It's a win or win game.

The tie could serve them although they would continue on the wire.

Messi, 35 years old, does not want to say goodbye in the first round and less in a group that seemed accessible.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 17:07

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Argentina - Mexico in data: a decisive duel, a historic rivalry

Diego Mancera

Argentina against Mexico has overtones of a Latin American classic.

Both teams have met three times in the World Cups and, in general, seven times in official FIFA matches.

The statistics are overwhelming: the Argentines have won six of those matches and Mexico only one.

The times, the players and the pressure have been very different in each of the cases.

Now, in 2022, the shadow of anxiety hangs over the Argentines because if they lose against El Tri they will be out of the World Cup.

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In the image Messi and Guardado, during the confrontation in the 2010 World Cup. Credit: Getty Images

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 17:01

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The odds are not in Mexico's favor

According to the EL PAÍS data model, the probability of Mexico being left out of the tournament in the first phase is 64%, it has 21% to go second and only 15% to be in first place in the group .

Argentina is favored by these odds: it has only 37% to be eliminated, 29% to finish second in the group and 33% to lead the sector.

That is to say: he has a 62% chance of playing the second round.

The unusual victory of Saudi Arabia against Scaloni's men leaves the Asian country with a 64% chance of reaching the round of 16, while Poland has 39%.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 16:31

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All or nothing!

Hello to all our readers of EL PAÍS.

Tonight in Spain, late in Latin America, we will tell you the main details of the match between Argentina and Mexico.

Group C has become so tight after Poland's 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia.

That forces Argentina and Mexico to fight for a place in the round of 16.

It's one or neither, not both.

If Argentina lose, Messi will go home;

if they win, they continue to fight.

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022 - 16:28

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