Croatia's midfielder Ivan Rakitic celebrates their victory at the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup Group D football match between Argentina and Croatia at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod on June 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE /
Argentina, and Lionel Messi, are on the verge of going home after being beaten by Croatia 3-0 in Nizhny Novgorod on Thursday night. Here AFP looks at five things we learned from the match.
Is Messi beyond criticism?
All the focus before the match was on how Argentina could get the best out of Messi, straight after it was why had his teammates failed to do so. But what of the player himself? His was a curiously listless and unenergetic performance against Croatia. Messi came to life only briefly and never threatened to either break the…
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