Lionel Messi is “unhappy” at the World Cup, with the pressure of Argentina’s hopes at the tournament weighing on his shoulders, according to his former team-mate Pablo Zabaleta.
Messi has struggled in Russia thus far, missing a penalty in his side’s 1-1 draw with Iceland, before struggling in the stunning 3-0 defeat to Croatia.
“The happiest I saw Lionel Messi when I played alongside him for Argentina was in 2012 – he scored a hat-trick against Brazil in New York, and he played the whole game with freedom and a smile on his face,” he wrote in his BBC Sport column.
“His body language was completely the opposite…
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