MEXICO CITY — After losing three of the last four qualifying games, and scoring only three goals, Argentina is teetering on the edge of missing its first World Cup since 1970.
Diego Maradona, the Argentina coach who predicted a victory prior to Saturday's 3-1 loss to Brazil, still talks with hollow certainty ahead of Wednesday's even more critical match at Paraguay, however.
"We'll go (to Paraguay) with the same confidence as always," said Maradona, considered by some to be the game's greatest player.
A loss against Paraguay could drop Argentina into sixth place in the 10-team South American qualifying group. Going into the final two qualifying matches next month, Argentina could be faced with missing out on not just one of the top four spots that advance automatically, but even fifth place, which gets a playoff spot.
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