{"id":169600,"date":"2026-04-26T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=169600"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:09:38","slug":"argentina-2026-world-cup-spotlight-can-messi-win-again-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=169600","title":{"rendered":"Argentina 2026 World Cup SPOTLIGHT | Can Messi win AGAIN? \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5Zd34aC9O4?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The 2026 World Cup is drawing closer day by day, and that has our crew taking a look at the 2026 squad for the nation that took home 2022 World Cup trophy, Argentina. Join Claudia Pagan &#038; Nico Cantor as they preview Argentina&#8217;s Group J fixtures vs. Algeria, Ausria &#038; Jordan. Plus, the crew chat about Lionel Messi, discussing the silence surrounding the official announcement that he will appear at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Will Messi play?<br \/>\n1:29 5 World Cup appearances<br \/>\n1:47 Most World Cup goals<br \/>\n2:23 Lionel Scaloni&#8217;s last World Cup?<br \/>\n4:06 Can they WIN AGAIN?<br \/>\n4:52 Players who DIDN&#8217;T win in 2022<br \/>\n5:55 Argentina&#8217;s weak friendly competition<br \/>\n9:06 Projected Starting XI<br \/>\n11:27 ODDS for each stage<br \/>\n11:47 Group J PREVIEW<br \/>\n13:09 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#argentina #2026worldcup #worldcup #spotlight #preview #cbssports #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #lionelmessi #messi #soccer #football<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w5Zd34aC9O4\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 World Cup is drawing closer day by day, and that has our crew taking a look at the 2026 squad for the nation that took home 2022 World&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":169601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/169601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}