After the painful interlude of the Copa America Centenario, the long slog to the Russia World Cup resumes for Argentina. But the team that takes up the qualifying mantle may look rather different to the line-up that fell just short in New Jersey days ago.
There is little time for the Albiceleste to lick their wounds following Sunday's penalty shoot-out defeat to Chile. Nor do Gerardo Martino's men have much margin to settle back into action after such an emotional roller coaster in the United States.
On September 1, Uruguay await in Mendoza's Estadio Malvinas Argentinas. Do not be fooled by the Celeste's pitiful showing in the Copa.