After the unsuccessful start of the Argentine national team in the World Cup, discussions about their game have not stopped, and in Spain, an audio message from Diego Simeone to "Atletico" assistant German Burgos has emerged. In the message, he not only criticized the national team's coach and gameplay, but also stated that a weak team would choose Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi. After the devastating defeat against Croatia 0:3, in a conversation with his assistant, the head coach of "Atletico" inserted the topic of C. Ronaldo and L. Messi. According to the Argentine, the "Barcelona" star shines only when surrounded by excellent players, and he would prefer Portugal for a normal team. "L. Messi is very good, but that's because he is surrounded by excellent players. But if you had to choose between L. Messi and C. Ronaldo for a normal team, what would you choose?" rhetorically asked D. Simeone. After this statement, D. Simeone launched arrows of criticism towards the team's coach and the entire national team, calling the situation anarchy. "In the match against Croatia, we saw what has been happening for the past four years. It's anarchy. There is no leadership - neither from the coaches who should lead the team forward, nor from the players who should be examples to follow. The team is confused, and that's bad. The coach chose the wrong team and the wrong tactics. He had to play against Iceland, which is weaker, as he played against Croatia. Meanwhile, with the Croats, he needed to play as he tried to play with Iceland. When the coach fails to understand this, it's much worse than players making mistakes. So blame has to be placed on him. Everything falls on his shoulders," passionately spoke the Argentine. D. Simeone was also convinced that Willy Caballero's mistakes were to be expected, as he had made similar mistakes before. "The goalkeeper has made such mistakes repeatedly: he made such mistakes in friendly matches against Spain and Italy. In those cases, opponents took advantage of his mistakes, but I already said that it would end worse, as not scoring goals would make them realize that such mistakes will cost goals in the World Cup. Now in the dressing room, they must fight each other. Someone needs to gather them, grab each other by the necks and inspire the team as they should be inspired. I hope they can advance to the next stage by beating Nigeria, but now everything depends on the Icelanders. However, I don't think the situation will turn out that way," concluded D. Simeone. With only two points after two rounds, the Argentines must hope that the Icelandic national team will not earn more than three points in the remaining matches, and that both teams will win once in the remaining matches, the Argentine national team will need to have a better ratio of scored goals to conceded goals than their opponents.
