Copa America 2019: 5 reasons why Argentina will not win the Copa America

#1 The weight of expectation

Germany v Argentina: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final

Of the 12 nations participating at the 2019 Copa America, perhaps there is none as desperate to win the tournament as Argentina.

Argentina is a country of 44 million inhabitants who absolutely adore football, with their fanatical love for the game religious and almost bordering on maniacal.

They are one of the most illustrious sides in the history of men's international football and have given us some of the greatest names to ever grace the field with Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona ranking high up there as the best of all time.

However, fans of La Albiceleste have had to watch in horror as their national team has gone a whopping 28 years without a major international trophy. This drought has been made worse by the fact that they have boasted multiple world class teams who are more than capable of winning in that time.

In the last three decades, all Argentine team have entered every tournament with high hopes of going all the way to please millions of their compatriots back home, but inexplicably they always fall short to the anguish and despair of Argentine fans.

This increased weight of pressure is always hanging around the neck of all Argentine internationals and this tournament is no different, with a number of their players including Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi stating that they are 'desperate' to win the trophy.

Increased pressure on teams sometimes spur them on to glory, but more often than not, the opposite happens to be the case. Players find themselves smothered by the weight of expectation (as has been the story with Argentina over the years) and the added demands of ending their trophy drought at the home of their heated rivals Brazil could just see the players crumble.