Diego Armando Maradona was at Spartak Moscow when the Argentina national team had a poor debut in the 2018 World Cup , drawing 1-1 against Iceland. The indignation was great and directed at coach Jorge Sampaoli .
"I think that Argentina, playing like this, Sampaoli cannot return to Argentina. It's a shame not to have a prepared play knowing that the Icelanders were 1.90 m tall. We throw all the corners to be headed and we didn't make a short play," criticized Maradona in statements to the Telesur channel.
Far from thinking about putting any of the Argentine players in the center, he let his anger go to the work of the coaching staff. "The draw in the World Cup debut was due to lack of work. There were no prepared plays and no real assessment of the opponent," he stressed.
Despite the bad result, Maradona saved the players. "Messi showed his face and gave everything he had to give. I missed five penalties in a row and yet I continued being Maradona. The game of Argentina and the two points lost did not depend on Messi's penalty, absolutely," he concluded.
The result of the debut obliges the Argentina national team to beat Croatia and Nigeria in order not to complicate their chances of advancing to the round of 16 in Russia 2018. EFE
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