Argentina Football legend Diego Maradona has admitted that without Barcelona star man Lionel Messi, his country is “just another team.”
The South Americans crashed out of the 2018 World Cup on Saturday following a 4-3 defeat by France in the round of 16.
Speaking after the encounter, Maradona who won the 1986 edition of the competition, lamented that Argentina never came to the tournament to win.
“We came to the cinema more than the pitch, because we came to see the chronicle of an announced death. And that’s what happened,” he said on teleSUR.
“France contained Messi, Argentina’s midfield, so he could not get in behind them. Without Messi we are just another team.
“The game was played in a way we anticipated. What we were expecting happened.
“Another World Cup has gone and we are left with nothing. It’s bad that another World Cup happened and Argentina did not manage to have a consistent team.”
