Copa America 2019, Qatar 0-2 Argentina: 5 Talking Points

#4 Argentina took their foot off the pedal after going up early

La Albiceleste put their feet up after taking an early lead

After a catastrophic start to their Copa America campaign and question marks raised about La Albiceleste's progress to the knockouts, Argentina were touted to come back with a vengeance.

A fluid start to the tie showed Scaloni’s men meant business and after just four minutes, Martinez pounced upon a diabolical attempt to play the ball out from the back from Al-Rawi to punish Qatar.

However, complacency set in as Argentina bizarrely sat back and let the opposition ease themselves back into the contest.

The Maroons capitalized on several occasions and on another day, another upset would be on the cards for the South Americans on the big stage.

Qatar may not have possessed the sheer quality to take Argentina to the cleaners for their alarming dearth of urgency, but a side of more superior standards will test the bottle of this shaky side to the hilt further in this competition.