World Champions Argentina start the defence of their World Cup crown with a home qualifier against Ecuador on Thursday night.
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Ecuador also reached the finals in Qatar and will be confident of qualifying for another tournament given that CONMEBOL now have six automatic places with an additional playoff spot on top.
Saudi Arabia ended their phenomenal 36-game unbeaten streak in their group opener in Qatar, a run which saw them go unbeaten throughout a qualifying section for the first time since its format changed for the 1998 World Cup.
Since that shock defeat, though, Argentina have won all 10 matches they have played, including the following six games at the World Cup, and four friendlies since.
Scaloni remains in charge, and so does the vast majority of the squad which featured in Qatar, so it should be business as usual for La Albiceleste.
Panama, Curacao, Australia and Indonesia were all beaten to nil in those friendlies, with 13 goals scored, but this will be a much tougher test.
The expanded World Cup means qualification should be much more comfortable in general for Argentina, with no repeat of their close shave in 2018 qualifying to be expected when they only sealed their place on the final day, when they were the joint-second lowest scorers on the continent.
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