Beaing beaten in one match in the qualifying round doesn't put Argentina out, any more than it did the last time they won the World Cup.

The Guardian also ran - its first proper coverage of the Argentine crisis today

"Today, Argentina's football heroes take to the pitch, hot favourites to vanquish their old foes - and even win the World Cup. But back home, there's little else to celebrate. Once a shining star of free-market capitalism, the country is in economic meltdown. So where did it all go wrong?" And click on the link to read the rest of an exelent piece by the paper's economics correspondent.