I think Argentina have little chance of getting out of Group C after losing to Saudi Arabia. Mexico and Poland are not favourites for the championship. But these two teams are traditionally the dark horses. I think after the draw in the Mexico vs. Poland match, these teams are the main contenders qualify from the group C.
At least in this case they have partners because Germany also had to lose to Japan.Even if we look at the whole game the conditions are actually the same between these matches. Argentina and Germany dominated more than 70 per cent of possession and managed to score the first goal through Penalty but after that the comeback was incredible.
This is definitely something that is beyond thought because basically in terms of strength they are much better but with this condition now it's a little different because I don't think they will be too comfortable if they have to lose in the group stage now.
Saudi Arabia and Japan are real dark horse teams and in reality I am personally not too surprised by this result but yes, about Mexico and Poland I also believe that Mexico and Poland have the ability to play well in defense. But even so, Argentina and Germany still have a chance to qualify but it seems that the chance to qualify for them is very low, especially about Germany, which still has Spain in group E as another favorite team in group E.
Therefore I say that their chances are indeed small, but Germany clearly seems to have a more difficult challenge because it could be that Spain and Japan are the two teams that will qualify from Group E.
Of course it would be a shame if these favorite teams did not qualify from the group stage, because on paper they all have better quality.
But indeed, sometimes these dark horse teams can provide resistance during the event and this should be the main consideration for the favorite teams.
Because by having such awareness, at least they will never be satisfied if they only win by only one goal, they should still continue to play with the ambition to make more goals to make their lead more secure.
Morocco may be one of the best teams in Africa, but Croatia is also one of the best teams in Europe so they should win today. Morocco has strong defense, but lack in quality in the middle of the field where trio Modric, Brozovic and Kovacic rule. I guess Croatia will have the possession but their problem are strikers where they don't have a world class player.
