World Cup 2018: Top 10 Teams to Watch

#5 Argentina

Can Lionel Messi and co do one better than 2014?

If there is a competition and Lionel Messi is playing, one cannot rule out the possibilities of success. Especially, when he wears the blue and white stripes for Argentina.

The two-time World Cup winners narrowly missed out on their third World Cup triumph four years ago when the lost to Germany. They will want to go one step further this time on.

La Albiceleste will want to set that right and they have the depth to do so. Messi has won everything as a football player but the one trophy eluding him is the World Cup. Could this be the year where he sets that record straight?

Messi is not alone, though. The Argentina front line is the most lethal this World Cup with big names such as Sergio Aguero, Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, and Angel di Maria. That is a terrifying thought for all the teams going up against the South American outfit.

However, the Argentine squad have had their own issues and have not been clicking as a team in the recent past but expect them to turn up on the world's biggest stage.

Group D may not be easy for Argentina. The most challenging team in their group will be Croatia but expect them to top the group. Iceland and Nigeria should not pose much of a threat to the 2014 runners-up.