The current champs of Argentina are expected to repeat for maybe the final time in Messi’s career. They had one major slip up in Group against Saudi Arabia in 2022, so hopefully they avoid this scare. Second place is wide open for the other three, but who claims it? Austria’s the only team to have seen the knockout stage more than once, but it was way back in 1934 and 1954. Algeria seen a knockout stage once, but it was in their last World Cup appearance in 2014. They could find themselves there again if they outplay Austria. Jordan makes their first appearance with nothing to lose. They have forwards Ali Olwan and Musa Al-Taamari that are #1 and #2 as current scorers, so they could leverage it in their favor on the biggest stage.