re: World Cup Group D | Nigeria vs Iceland | FOX | 10:00 AM CDT

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Yeah Argentina need to play Banega or Lo Celso (or whatever his name is) to get the ball to Messi. Or let Messi drop deep.

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Yep. The Argies don’t know how to use Messi. They rely on him to be the playmaker and the scorer, and he can’t do both in that team against this level of opposition

Riquelme is only 39, just saying.

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Messi needs to lead a mutiny against that coach and set up the team however he sees fit.

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The essential problem is that Messi unbalances the team in a lot of ways. They are asking him to do two things without giving him the proper support. If you want him to score, you need to give him service. If you want him to create you have to give him runners. If he was primarily the playmaker in the team he would still have scoring opportunities, and that's the position I think he needs to play. They brought along a lot of players who aren't up to par. Biglia, Perez, etc. are too old for me.

Iceland lost because they are too nice. He should have tackled that guy on the second goal before he got to the box. Everyone else is doing it

Messi has to thank Musa for keeping a chance to retain in World Cup.