Argentina made the World Cup 2010 by the skin of their nose. Many expected manager Diego Maradona to lose his position after the South American giants stumbled through the qualifying stages.
Strength:
Regardless of how poor Argentina played prior to the World Cup their striking options make for some very formidable reading.
Carlos Tevez, Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Diego Milito and Gonzalo Higuain are the five most likely candidates to make up the list of strikers heading to South Africa.
Milito will be hoping he can add a Champions League medal to the league and cup medals he already picked up with Inter Milan.
The five aforementioned strikers have scored a combined 143 goals this season and despite previous and current form, opposition defenses will be aware of the threat carried by such an awesome Line of talent.
Argentina also have a good mix of aging experience and youthful exuberance.
Their defense consists of such well-battled stars like Walter Samuel and Gabriel Heinze, who have over 115 international caps between them.
Peppered with untested players like Nicolas Otamendi and Juan Insaurralde.
The midfield has a similar mould with Juan Sebastian Veron and Javier Mascherano sharing 125 caps joined by seven other midfield players who have a combined 25 first team caps.
Weaknesses:
The main weakness behind Argentina is actually over Argentina.
Diego Maradona is the perfect advertising campaign that brilliance on the field can not always be transfered productivity off it.
Maradona has failed to take some of the greatest footballing talents in the world and gel a team together than can perform consistently, and more importantly win consistently.
A disgraceful 6-1 hammering at the hands of Boliva speaks volumes about the type of performances Maradona has inspired.
Argentina also have major concerns at the goalkeeper position.
The three goalies going to South Africa have a combined, 12 international appearances.
Sergio Romero is the most likely to be starting between the sticks for the white and sky blue stripes, and the young 23-year-old is the most capped of the keepers with five caps.
Prediction:
Argentina have been a mess under Diego Maradona, but anything can happen in football.
The team is blessed with talent and more importantly they are blessed with single players who can win games for them.
Their group should give them little problems and they should come out of it without a problem.
It is after the group stages where it will become messy for Argentina, and not that good type of Messi.
Argentina will enter the last 16 and face either one of France, Mexico or Uruguay.
After that they could face any of England, USA, Ghana, Serbia or Germany.
That is where Argentina's World Cup will most probably end.
Any further than the quarter-final stages would be a miracle for Argentina in the state they are in.
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