The Argentine Media rounds up on Lionel Messi after they lost their game Against Croatia.

According to a writer, the game that the Argentine team played against Croatia hammered three goals without a response was a game left with ‘one unknown and two uncertainties’. The defeat that Argentina faced left the team at the brink of the World Cup elimination. The journalist revealed that the Argentine national team is not a team. He added another certainty where he admitted that the national team is not aware of how to make the best out of the Barcelona star, Lionel Messi.

The unknown fact was what was going in the mind of the Argentine player number 10. In all the games that the team has played, it has developed from strange to tragic. The Barcelona star never received kind words after the match. He has worked so hard over the last years to try and win over the Argentinean fans. Right now, it seems that he is back to the same ridicule from his countrymen. The situation has always been challenging. The relationship between Messi, who left his homeland when he was still young, and a country of such outstanding national pride as Argentina has been complicated. Not once or twice, Messi has been criticized before for having not made any effort or caring for the nation.

After they were mercilessly stunned by the Croatians, the situation left Lionel Messi with no option other than to welcome other accusations. Messi offered his precious time to play after he was marooned by the Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli’s instructions. The criticism that was given to Messi was valid. However, some of the accusations were far much brutal. Right now, ‘it’s not the usual Messi plus ten players’ anymore, it’s currently ’11 players minus Messi’. World Cup winner Jorge Valdano described the Argentine team to be playing as if there was no Messi on the field. Many critics and fans were left throwing the blame on the coach. Sampaoli was left to absorb all the fault. However, there was another mood that was left where people felt that the caliber of Messi, who is regarded as the best player of the generation, should have stepped up and saved his team.

Another media said that the Captain of the team looked lost. He played poorly and was frequently absent from the game that left him on the ground. Many felt that he never took his role correctly after the team went down 1-0. He seemed exhausted, and he never found his pace on the pitch. He kept on searching for link-ups that were never there.