After a devastating match with Croatia fans of the Argentina national team fans literally splashed the head coach of the national team Jorge Sampaoli. As reported by the Diario26 edition, the fans of the national team in the fuse threw in Sampaoli bottles and shouted dirty curses at his address. In the second match of the group stage, the Argentines lost to the Croatians with a score of 0: 3After the game, Argentine footballers asked them to appoint another coach for the match with the Nigerian team, Todo Noticias reported, referring to an unnamed source in the National Football Association. According to athletes, it is better if instead of Sampaoli they will be instructed by his assistant.

However, the game of the Argentines themselves did not cause enthusiasm among fans and connoisseurs of football. Coach of the Spanish "Atletico" Diego Simeone, who played for the national team of Argentina from 1988 to 2002, criticized the game of Lionel Messi and said that he would have chosen for the game Ronaldo. With his opinion, Senator Alexei Pushkov agrees. "Argentina squad would have played better without Messi. He - an illusion, a mirage, a ghost, "- quotes Pushkov edition of the" Free Press ".