The crunch year was 2019. It was when the two Lionels -- coach Scaloni and star player Messi -- began to put together a project that would give Argentina arguably their most successful national team of all time.

In 2019, they were eliminated in the semifinals of the Copa América at the hands of eventual champions Brazil , but the side was starting to come together, and the signs were promising. Messi was integrated into the team as never before, and after going without a senior title since 1993, Argentina have now won the past two editions of the Copa América and, of course, in the middle of those triumphs came the big one: the 2022 World Cup .

But while this has been a great time for the national team, that hasn't extended to the Argentinian club game, not least because almost

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