Argentinian national team legend Diego Maradona believes that without Lionel Messi, this team is just average.
Yesterday, Jorge Sampaoli's pupils were eliminated from the World Cup after losing to French footballers with a score of 4-3, which probably means that the star of Barcelona will remain unsuccessful in this tournament.
Because of this, the former Argentine icon, who presented the World Cup to his country in 1986, was very sad.
"We stepped more into a theater than onto a field, because we came just to witness an announced death. And that's exactly what happened," Maradona told "teleSUR".
"France held back Messi and Argentina's safe haven so that he couldn't get behind them."
"Without Messi, we are just another team."
"The match went exactly as we expected. We expected what happened."
"Another World Cup has passed and we are left with nothing. It's a pity that in another World Cup, Argentina couldn't have a stable team."
At the age of 31, this could have been Messi's last World Cup.
