Argentina, Lionel Messi and 2026 World Cup
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Lionel Messi names Portugal, France, Spain and Brazil as 2026 World Cup favourites over Argentina in an interview with Pollo Alvarez.
WASHINGTON — It's a repeat of the 2022 World Cup when France meets Argentina in the Paris Olympics soccer quarterfinals on Friday. But many of the teams' best players, Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappe, will not make it onto the pitch.
The last time Argentina and France met at a major international soccer tournament, the anticipation beforehand was off the charts. A week before Christmas in 2022, more than 1.5 billion people tuned in for that World Cup final in Qatar to see if ...