jm99
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I'm not suggesting pre tournament I'd have picked them, like you say Brazil, England and Portugal underperformed, but they did have a fairly easy run to the final, where they then had a great performance against France, at least for the first 80 min. There wasn't any individual game on the way to the final I'd have expected them to lose thoughI thought the Argentinian team was quite average. I was hoping they would win the world cup for Messi but I felt they were below Brazil, France, Portugal, England and Spain on paper at least.
If that tournament was played again I wouldn't expect them to win it. Maybe I'm underestimating them but I thought the maximum they could do would do would be a semi final if they were lucky.
I wouldn't call them a top team but they definitely fit around Messi much better this tournament which was probably the key to them doing so well and Messi being so influential.
They seemed quite average in 2018 and in 2014 they had a strong defence which carried them to the final with some luck.
I thought Portugal, Spain and Brazil should have made the semi finals and they underperformed. England got knocked out by France which is reasonable.
Overall I would say Argentina gelled very well as a team and got the luck when they needed it to go all the way but i wouldn't have had them in the top 4, i would have put them in 5th or 6th place with Portugal.