Messi's partner that doesn't like Mbappé, Argentina's solid numbers that scare France

Earlier this year, Kylian Mbappé talked about the level that ‘american soccer’ has and stated that they'e ‘far away from Europe’ when it comes to soccer. Later Argentina's national team delivered one of the most exiting demonstrations of soccer tactics winning ‘La Finalissima’ against Italy. 

Now, 59 days away from the World Cup, Argentina is one of the favorites to be the world champion and dethrone France, that currently holds the trophy. This might be the time for payback by Argentina, since it was France that took them out of the World Cup in 2018 with Mbappé as a protagonist. 

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An argentine player has come forward after their Copa América and Finalissima victories and stated ironically that ‘some players said that now we have to face a European national team’. This statement referred to La Finalissima and the skepticism around Argentina's level. 

Rodrigo De Paul was the one that came forward to defend Argentina and showed contempt towards Mbappé and confidence in the national team's process. ‘I don’t think we're at a different rhythm, Each competition has its particularities, some are more physical and some more dynamic.' De Paul also stated that Argentina has 30 matches undefeated and they are serious about their goals. 

Argentina's statistics against European teams

Argentina has won 3 of the last 5 matches against Germany, 2 of the last 5 against England, 4 out of the last 5 against Italy and 3 out of the last 5 against France. The ‘albiceleste’ is 3rd in the FIFA ranking and has 16 victories and 6 draws on the way to Qatar 2022. These numbers plus the great momento most of its players are going through make Argentina one of the top candidates to take the World Cup home.