While the World Cup is being developed, several soccer legends are in Russia playing exhibition matches and promoting the World Cup to FIFA. One of them is Paolo Maldini, the legendary Italian fullback. Asked by TyC Sports about what he thought of the performance of the Argentina National Team, the former footballer didn't hold back and went straight to the point: "Argentina and Germany were the worst teams without having the worst players". Argentina has the best football player in the world but as a team, they were a disaster, just like Germany. It can happen...".
For Maldini, the performance of the team led by Jorge Sampaoli was a real disappointment. "Because they have good players, they have tradition, history, but they never played well. Messi didn't play well, but it was very difficult for him. The truth is that Argentina didn't play as a team, that was the main problem I saw," he added.
About the World Cup itself, he said: "It's a World Cup full of surprises. There is no clear favorite. Brazil seemed to be the best and they were eliminated. I think out of the four teams left, France is the strongest but it's very difficult to make a prediction. Belgium has a team full of quality and they are very dangerous. It's very good for us Italians, who don't have our national team in the tournament, so it's a very good World Cup to watch."