World Cup: What you need to know about Argentina, Chile, Spain, France, Netherlands and Portugal

By Michael CrouchABOVE: Lionel Messi celebrates his second goal in three World Cup qualifiers with a hat-trick against Switzerland in a World Cup qualifier at the Maracana.

GETTY IMAGES 1/5 Goalkeeper Lionel Messi (Argentina) Argentina 1: Chile 0 Argentina’s Lionel Messi is on target with a free-kick in the second half.

GETTROOM GOAL: Lionel Suarez scored a late equaliser for Uruguay against Argentina in their opening World Cup qualifying match.

GETTWO: Neymar celebrates after scoring a goal for Uruguay in their second World Cup qualification match against Chile.

GETTHREE: Neyeros goal gives Uruguay a 3-2 lead over Chile.

AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo 2/5 Neymar (Brazil) Brazil 0: Chile 1 Neymar scores his third goal of the game in the 84th minute as Brazil move into second place in the World Cup Qualifying Round.

GETTING THERE: Neymeros first goal for Brazil in World Cup play.

GETS AHEAD: Ney Maranhos goal in the 77th minute gives Brazil the lead.

GETTICKETS TO BE SOLD: Fans can purchase tickets to watch Brazil play Chile in Brazil’s first World Cup match since 1974.

GETTRYNEXT: Brazil face Ecuador in a rematch of the 2014 Copa America final.

GETTEAM NEWS: Brazil’s Neymar is injured ahead of their next match against Uruguay.

GETTS HIGH: Neyo scored twice in the 90th minute to put Brazil ahead in a dramatic 3-3 draw.

GETBACKS: Brazil will host Uruguay for the final time in 2019.

GETTONO: Brazil striker Neymar netted twice in a 4-0 win over Italy in the Champions League group stages.

GETTAKE: Ney’s first goal since a knee injury in the 3-1 loss to Portugal at the World Stadium in Rio de Janeiro was his third of the World Championship.

GETNEXT, BOTTOM LINE: Brazil host Argentina for a final in 2019 in Rio.

GETVENTURES: Brazil play Argentina in Brazil for the last time in 2018 in Brasilia.

GETWATCH: Lionel Neymar makes a last-ditch challenge to deny Maranhao of a header during the opening match of the 2018 World Cup.

GETWITHIN: Ney has scored 10 goals in his last 12 World Cup matches for Argentina, scoring in the last 10 games for Chile.

AFP/Getty Images 1/4 Neymar Neymar, left, celebrates scoring a fourth goal in his 15th World Cup campaign with a header in the 11th minute.

GET THE GIFT: Ney and Lionel Messi celebrate a goal during the final minutes of the Copa América.

GET TICKETS: Ney will be part of the Uruguay squad in 2019 and will join Neymar and Messi on the Argentina squad.

GET TRADE: Ney is on the radar of the Spanish and Portuguese clubs.

GETNEWS: Ney can be sold to a top-four Premier League club for as much as €100m.

GETTHE FACT: Ney could be the next Lionel Messi.

Getty Images 2/4 Lionel Messi Lionel Messi’s second goal of his 15-goal campaign in the tournament has given Argentina a 4:0 lead in the qualifying group stage.

GET HERE: Ney scores the decisive goal in a 2-0 victory over Switzerland.

GETTIME: Ney scored a brace in the 80th minute against Brazil in the opening World Championship qualifying match in Brasília.

GETUP: Ney was the hero in Brazil beating Switzerland.

Getty 3/4 Messi Messi, right, celebrates after Lionel Messi scored the first goal of Argentina’s World Cup group stage victory over Uruguay.

Getty 4/4 Luis Suarez Luis Suarez is sent off by referee David Gallop in the 55th minute of the first half for a challenge on Neymar.

GET WATCH: Suarez was also sent off in the first-half for a stamp on Ney, the second of which landed in the face of a Brazil defender.

GETHOME: Suarez will miss Uruguay’s match against Belgium at the Olympic Stadium in Brazil in 2019 after receiving a yellow card.

GETMEDIA: Ney maranhouss hit in the 18th minute by Neymar in the fourth-minute of the match against Brazil.

GETMEAN: Ney celebrates after a goal against Brazil during the first quarter of the second-round of the 2019 World Cup, the first of the two he scored in Brazil.

Getty 1/3 Lionel Messi Neymar’s goal has made him the third player to score a hat trick in World Cups qualifying for Argentina.

GET THINGS TO COME BACK TO: Messi will miss the first two games of the qualifiers against Chile and Uruguay in 2018 and 2019.

Getty 2/3 Neymar Lionel