how strong is argentina's football team now?
339033
strong enough to win portugal or mexico or iran in the second round!
1082762
Argentina!  They survived at the top of a tough group and only let one goal in (Cote d'Ivoire) while scoring 8.  Argentina plays as one team, not as 11 stars trying to get MVP.  They're strong everywhere, even on the bench. :)  Look at how they held off the Dutch with Crespo, Saviola, Sorin, Heinze, and Burdisso all off the field!  If England and the Netherlands make it to the quarters, we'll see if the English can do the same.
323787
I want Argentina to win this year. So far they are at the top of the score board, and new players such as ZABALETA Pablo, and MESSI Lionel are going to bring some fierce competition to the cup. Aside from that, there are also some very interesting  new countries that have qualified in the world cup, so there might be a lot of surprizes.
393871
Brazil is the strongest candidate by far. The only team in position to stop them -as it happened historically- is Argentina. However, Argentines should be quite inspired to make such an achievement (as they did in Buenos Aires in the last qualifiers match), shouldn't this be the case they will face the same fate they experienced in the Federations Cup last year in Germany.
1111837
Argentina's first game was a mediocre one. The defense is very weak. The offense lack ideas.Crespo looked like a very good striker as a youngster, never did anything in the world cup. I hope there is an improvement with the players that didn't play yet. What is Ayala doing still playing? He never was that good and now, older, is a lot slower. Vamos, Argentina, todavía.
1131129
I agree. Argentina can win it all.
21203
Brazil is the strongest as they have already won 5 world cup
1159421
According to FIFA (The governing body of Pro Soccer) Argentina is the 4th best team in the world. Germany is ranked 22nd. Try not to read too deep into these ranks though. The USA was suppossed to be #5 and failed to freach the last 16.
1036313
Netherlands are a good and capable side but they struggled today to control their opposition. Argentina know how to perform under pressure and indicates with their crushing win V's Serbia that they are ready to perform. They know about the business end of the WC and I'm fairly certain they they will overcome the Netherlands on form shown thus far.
355763
Here is my order of teams\n1. Brazil.... they are powerhouses of football\n2. Argentina... good but cant match star studded brazil\n3. Italy, them and Germany are well matched but Italy has done a little more lately\n4. Germany This is a strong German team this year with great players, but the three teams above them are better.\n5. England... this could be spain\n6. Spain.... this could be england
1091552
Argentina has a great team and they can go for the WC trophy
1004022
Exciting so far. Great game between USA and Italy. We still haven't seen Brasil in some real action, but I have a feeling pretty soon we will. England is solid, France dissapointing. Spain pleasantly surprising. Love them. I think Argentina get get pretty far.
1011223
Ummm...let's go with 3 goals.  It can/will/should be more, but I don't want to put more pressure on our albiceleste. :)\n\nVamos Argentina!
1150334
The strongest team-CHELSEA
654947
IN 2006 WORLD CUP NO BODY CAN UNDER ESTIMATED BECAUSE EVRY TEAM HAVE GREAT PLAYERS TO WIN THE WORLD CUP. ARGENTINA ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR WORLD CUP.
503330
Yes they have an excellent squad with the likes of messi and riquelme. Potentially excellent teams just underperform in these international competitions e.g Spain, but i think Argentina have a great chance
535980
I wouldn't count on Brazil.  Brazil is not the strongest TEAM, they have some of the strongest players (mostly in attack), definitely not the strongest defence.  Their midfield is good when Ronaldinho and Cicinho are playing left and right.  Dida has been horrible in AC Milan this year.\n\nI think there are better TEAMS as a whole out there.\n\nItaly\nArgentina\nEngland\nCzech Republic\nNetherlands\nPortugal\n\nAs far as the rankings go, they are not a true representation of the strength of a team/country.  I don't use those as a way to gauge who will win.