Argentina is the number two candidate at the World Cup 2022

Last week, SkyBet put the odds for Argentina's ability to win the same championship as defending champion France, with 6/1 (put 1 to 6). According to this betting company, Argentina and France are both the number two candidates at the 2022 World Cup, just behind Brazil with a ratio of 4/1.

But after the teams announced the final list, SkyBet changed slightly when increasing the odds for the possibility of Argentina winning the Golden Cup in Qatar to 5.5/1.

According to the Argentine newspaper Ole, there are many reasons for this change of SkyBet, including the performance of Argentina's main players in the final match before the 2022 World Cup.

In particular, Lionel Messi played prominently, even though he did not score, in the match PSG beat Auxerre 5-0 in the 15th round of Ligue 1 on November 13. On the same day, Paulo Dybala brought home a penalty and hit the bar once, even though he only kicked for more than 20 minutes in the last game of Roma's 1-1 draw with Torino in round 15 of Serie A.

Another reason is that Argentina summons the strongest squad for the 2022 World Cup, when Dybala, Juan Foyth, Angel Di Maria and Cristian Romero recover from injuries. The most significant absence is the fact that midfielder Gio Lo Celso has to undergo surgery and take a long break.

On November 14, Messi, Di Maria and Leandro Paredes joined the Argentina team in Abu Dhabi. Previously, the nine Argentine players gathered were Franco Armani, German Pezzella, Guido Rodriguez, Cristian Romero, Rodrigo De Paul, Nahuel Molina, Juan Foyth, Geronimo Rulli and Julian Alvarez.

Meanwhile, the preparation of the French team before the 2022 World Cup encountered many problems. Two key midfielders N'golo Kante and Paul Pogba are injured and cannot attend. After coach Didier Deschamps announced the list, on the first day of training on November 14, central defender Presnel Kimpembe asked to leave the team because he felt that he was not ready physically when he returned to play after injury. On the evening of November 15, it was the turn of striker Christopher Nkunku to be eliminated because of a knee injury after colliding with teammate Camavinga on the training ground.

France only kept training troops but did not play any more friendly matches before the 2022 World Cup. Argentina had a final rehearsal when a friendly with the UAE in Abu Dhabi at 22:30 today Hanoi time, before touching Saudi Arabia on November 22. in the group stage of the World Cup 2022.

According to SkyBet, Brazil is still the strongest candidate with 4/1, while France drops to the third candidate when keeping the ratio 6/1. Following are the UK (January 7), Spain (January 8), Germany (January 10), Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal (January 14). Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia are the most underrated with the odds for the possibility of a miracle at the 2022 World Cup at 750/1.