FIFA World Cup 2018 Inconsistent Argentina still have high hopes

ARGENTINA In what has already been described as the group of death is an Argentina side that have a lot of doubts over their style of play and first choice eleven, having only just qualified in their final match. Their objective will be still to reach the final in what could be Lionel Messi's final World Cup but they will not have an easy run, beginning with Iceland who were a surprise at last year's European Championships.

CROATIA They qualified thanks to a play-off game despite having a side that has quality in all areas of the pitch. Modric and Rakitic are the leaders of the team and they already faced Iceland in their World Cup qualifying group, who forced them into second place. It is almost 20 years since they managed third place at the 1998 World Cup and they failed to get passed the group stage in the last three World Cup they played in and failed to qualify for South Africa.

ICELAND The surprise package in their debut at Euro 2016, and they followed that up by doing well in qualifying for the World Cup, and overcoming more established nations like Turkey and Croatia. They are a solid team who are well disciplined and they are the country with fewest inhabitants at the World Cup - 334,000.

NIGERIA From the fourth group of names to be drawn, Nigeria were the side to be avoided. They did well to qualify by overcoming countries like Algeria and the Cameroon and not losing in six matches. Nigeria showed attacking strength and it is the sixth time that they will face Argetnina in the group stages of a World Cup.