Ex-player of Argentina's national team Juan Sebastian Veron is sure that striker Inter Mauro Ikardi had to be taken at the 2018 World Cup.

After the failures of the Argentina national team in the finals of the 2018 World Cup, which put the South Americans on the brink of elimination, the critics of the national team coach Jorge Sampaoli was joined by Juan Sebastian Veron.

"I can not look into Sampaoli's head and see what's going on," said former midfielder Sampdoria, Parma, Lazio, Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter and Argentina. - But it is very difficult to understand the decision not to take the attacker into the team, which from year to year scores a lot of goals for Inter. I'm sure that Ikardi was supposed to be at the 2018 World Cup. What guided Sampaoli? Probably decided to bet on one Messi. But one player can not decide the fate of the team. Argentina was in a very difficult situation, but I'm an optimist and I hope to withdraw from the group ".

Having tied with Iceland and lost to Croatia, Argentina in the last round is obliged to defeat Nigeria and hope that Croatia will not lose to Iceland with the necessary score for the Scandinavians.

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