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1 week to go! Brazil and Argentina favorites for 2022 FIFA World Cup, says ex German and US national coach Jurgen Klinsmann

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Four of Argentina's English Premier League players were accused of flouting quarantine requirements in Sao Paulo and of falsifying Brazilian coronavirus declarations. (AP)

Argentina and Brazil will handle the uncertainties coming along with the 2022 FIFA World Cup better than others, former German and US national coach Jurgen Klinsmann is convinced.

"Brazil has played a very successful qualification campaign and, like Argentina, has the feeling of having to prove they can do better than in the previous World Cups," the 58-year-old told Xinhua in an interview.

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