The World Cup Has A Curse Nobody Can Break — And Argentina Just Walked Into It

If you think Argentina are favourites to defend their World Cup title — watch this first. Since 1962, every single team that has won the World Cup has failed to defend it at the next tournament. Not just fallen short. Not just lost in the final. Four of the last five defending champions were eliminated in the group stage. France. Italy. Spain. Germany. All of them. Gone before the knockout rounds even began. And now Messi's Argentina are walking into exactly the same trap. This is the curse nobody is warning them about. And the data says it always wins. ⚽ Subscribe to Football Decoded for weekly football breakdowns, World Cup coverage, tactics, history and the stories the game deserves to be told. 🔔 Hit the bell — because this World Cup is going to need a lot of decoding. #Argentina #WorldCup2026 #FootballDecoded