Argentina arrives at World Cup 2026 as FIFA’s No. 1 team despite historic curse

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Argentina heads into the 2026 FIFA World Cup ranked number one in the world and carrying the expectations of a defending champion. However, history presents a major obstacle: no nation has successfully defended its World Cup title since Brazil in 1962. Led by Lionel Messi, Argentina now has the opportunity to break that streak and achieve something no modern champion has managed to accomplish.

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00:01Argentina enters the 2026 FIFA World Cup as the number one team in the FIFA rankings and one of

00:07the biggest favorites to lift the trophy once again. But there is one surprising statistic

00:12working against them. No team has won back-to-back World Cups since Brazil accomplished the feat in

00:181958 and 1962. Every defending champion since then has failed to repeat. Now Lionel Messi and

00:26Argentina have the chance to do something that generations of champions could not.

00:31With a squad full of experience, confidence and momentum, La Alba Celeste is chasing a

00:36place in football history while trying to break one of the sport's longest-running World Cup curses.

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