In the 974 stadium in Doha, so named because it is the number of containers with which it was built, as well as being the country’s telephone code, the albiceleste beat a pale Polish team -which only sought to defend itself- with goals from Alexis Mac Allister at 46 and Julian Álvarez at 67 minutes.
Argentina’s victory could have been even bigger, but goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, the best exponent of the European team, saved Lionel Messi’s penalty in the first half, when the score was closed.
In this way, Argentina finishes first with six points, despite the setback in their debut, when they lost to Saudi Arabia 2-1.
Poland qualified on four points second on better goal difference than Mexico, 0 to minus 1, who beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 at Lusail Stadium but fell short.