Qatar World Cup: Argentina vs Saudi Arabia ahead of games featuring Denmark, Poland and France

Led by one of the world's greatest football players, Lionel Messi, for what is most likely his last World Cup, Argentina will be looking to shake off the jinx that has seen it not win the title since 1986 in Mexico, despite reaching the finals on two occasions -- in 1990 and 2014.  

Saudi Arabia is rated as one of the least likely teams to progress further than the group stage, but judging by its most recent narrow one-goal loss against Croatia, it might prove to be a tough nut to crack.

Denmark is the favourite in what is promising to be an entertaining match. They proved their quality at Euro 2020, losing out to England in the semi-finals in extra time, and showing further superiority in the UEFA Nations League matches, beating the likes of France.

Tunisia is not to be taken lightly, however, having won the Kirin Cup earlier this summer, beating Japan in the final, while they also played well in their last friendly in the run-up to the Qatar tournament, winning over Iran with 2:0 in an assured display.

The return of Denmark's Christian Eriksen -- who collapsed and had to receive CPR during a Euro 2020 game against Finland -- to a major tournament will definitely motivate the Danes further.

Mexico will be playing in a seventh successive World Cup, with each of those campaigns having come to an end in the round of 16 stages.

Their first task at this year's tournament will be to blunt the threat of Poland talisman Robert Lewandowski, who will be looking to score his first goal at a World Cup when the teams meet at Stadium 974 in Doha for what is believed to be a very close match-up.

The Barcelona striker is a world-class threat, however, having scored nine goals with four assists in the qualifiers, and his 13 direct-goal