By now, we all know that Argentina is struggling to make it to the World Cup. What really baffles the world of football is that, even with Lionel Messi as captain and leader of this team, there seems to be little hope for Argentina's success when they clash against Ecuador.
To make matters worse, the team's performance in the qualifiers raises serious doubts about their options, since scoring goals has been quite complicated for La Albiceleste's strikers. Argentina's players have scored 16 times, the second worst tally in the current qualifiers. Only Bolivia has scored less times, sending the ball into the back of the net 14 times.
Lionel Messi leads his Argentina's strikers with four goals, and even if he's always giving his best, he will need some help from his team-mates if they want to book tickets to Russia.
"It's been almost one year since an Argentine player other than Messi scored a goal in the WCQ (Di María, Nov 15, 2016 vs Colombia)"
#OJOALDATO - Hace casi un año que un argentino diferente de Messi no marca por Eliminatorias (Di María contra Colombia el 15.11.2016)
— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) October 6, 2017
Playing against Ecuador might seem like a walk in the park, considering that La Tricolor is already eliminated. Nevertheless, stats show that playing in Quito has always been complicated for La Albiceleste. In fact, Argentina hasn't walked away from Quito with all the points since 2001, losing twice and drawing the most recent game against the yellow and blue side.
Ecuador defeated Argentina on October 9, 2015, in their first meeting of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. Felipe Caicedo (left) scored the second goal for La Tricolor that day.
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Argentina has qualified to every World Cup since the 1970 edition. Will that streak come to an end on Tuesday?
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