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As far as I can see, that's true. Chile did make it difficult for Argentina to score goals, but on the other hand, this was a deficiency in the Argentine player's finishing. In that match, Argentina made 9 shots on target from 22 attempts, but a goal from Lautaro Martínez which came in in the 73rd minute managed to make Argentina win the match.
The temporary table shows that Argentina has secured 6 points from a total of 2 wins from Canada and Chile. Argentina only needs to finish 1 more match against Peru which will be held on June 30. I think Argentina can defend their title again in the 2024 Copa, but let's see if they can actually do it.
Remember the World Cup in Qatar and how Argentina got started against Saudi Arabia, it was horrible! They lost their first game in the group stage 1-2 against Saudi Arabia. At that point in time I am convinced that 95% of the world except for the Argentinians thought that this World Cup is over for them rather sooner than later.
To me it seems that Argentina is almost never doing more than necessary to get get through those group stages. I can't remember when they marched through it in an unstoppable way. It always looks bumpy, way too close if you consider their quality and compare it to their opponents. In a normal scenario Argentina should clearly win that game by a 3 goal margin or something. But they don't and it was the same at the World Cup where they got started even worse.
I think that there are no easy opponents in the sense that you could expect Argentina to win every game like 3-0, but I would think that with a squad like that the game should never be a sweat for them until the end. But they have got the job done.
Same with Brazil though. They could really pull off a disaster beyond expectation. Their World Cup qualification is going anything but well. And now they have something like a final on gameday 2. If they lose that game against Panama for some weird reasons, shit is going to hin the fan there. I would not like to be a harcore Brazil fan these days.
Overall, in regards to consistency, I think it is quite obvious that Argentina is the favorite for the time being.