Lionel Messi saw 'no hope' next to him in 3-0 loss to Croatia at 2018 World Cup | ESPN FC



Ricardo Ortiz joins ESPN FC to discuss Argentina’s 3-0 loss to Croatia at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, explaining why Lionel Messi looked disinterested, why coach Jorge Sampaoli should never have gotten the job, and more.

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50 comentarios en «Lionel Messi saw 'no hope' next to him in 3-0 loss to Croatia at 2018 World Cup | ESPN FC»

  1. Did you know that it's EVERYONE else's fault except Messi's?

    Probably even the ice-cream seller down the street. And the ball, or the boot, it's Adidas' fault

  2. I love Argentina… I love Argentinian people…. but, my God , how disrespectful was this show toward Croatia and amazing performance by Croatian players….unfuckingreal….

  3. Messi played for a decade with literally the Spain national team that dominated the 2010s in Barcelona. He made them better and obviously they made him better, but Messi lovers ignore the latter part. His failures with Argentina and the barcelona teams of the last 4-5 seasons proves how much he needs to prove himself away from barcelona. Idk how people call him GOAT when he still has that much to prove

  4. I have to say that commentator said the right thing ( unexpectedly )

    Messi was born to play for Barcelona and not for his country Argentina .
    Lol Croatia deserve credit . Alex Ferguson has already said "Messi is a Barcelone player " . Anyone can guess why Neymar left Barcelona . Messi then tells him , please stay if you want a ballon D or , I will make you win one .

  5. It is saddest thing to know tat for people n critics specially, messi has to perform in ea ch and every game .. He is d greatest but he is human after all. But the fact is he performs in every matches barrin once twice in 20-30 games.. In every game, he is the best player of his team, lookin at d performance, almost in every game. In qualifyin apart frm matches he scored, even at oder games he ws so good, creatin chances, dictatin play. Messi is so good tat, one or two bad games, n his team loses tat games. Ronaldo is a great player, but look at Portugal in euro final, Real Madrid in Champions league final, Portugal vs Iran, he has few games off, very important games too, but smehw his team manages. With messi, he performs team performs, he does not, team does not. I pity dis great man.

  6. ronaldo is a fucking joke, he will stay as second best, people sucking ronaldos dick cause he get two lucky goals on spain. where was he vs iran? exaclty. and portugal have a better team then argentina, whoever says differnt is a stupid fuck. portugal have a better keeper, better defence, better midfielders and decent forwards. what does argentina have? forwards and is shit in middfield and defense and keeper. ronaldo has a better team around him then messi. messi has carried argentina to so many finals and yes messi has a problem choking but he does carry argetina he cant do it all himself. ronaldo has a decent team around him and has to much luck. ronaldo is luck messi is pure fucking skill

  7. It's never Messi fault its always everyone else, so tired of hearing the same bullshit excuse. Messi has one of the best teams in the world. Grow some fucking balls and lead your team like a boss stop pointing your fucking finger like a bitch.

  8. ive never seen anyone make so many excuses. the plane had no fuel, the manager isn't good, the other players aren't good… Messi isn't good and the real problem is that he isn't even trying. he's just standing there hoping the other players do the job for him. he's not even running

  9. the problem is he's looking for the other players but the other players are looking at him. if he's just standing there looking around instead of running and giving an example than the other players won't run as well

  10. Since FIFA was found to be a cheating organization Argentina and Brasil can't beat good teams anymore. FIFA mafia used to help Brasil and Argentina !

  11. Yep ?! Argentina will make it . Actually it was a good loss to Croatia ?? if Argentina
    Can win the Cup. They were around each other’s throat and now they would suffocate
    The opposition which won’t be a bad action. They all look delightful and high spirited not
    Like after Iceland game when it was gloomy even after collecting one ☝️ point .

  12. dear Cr fans if you think having many quality players confirms win then buy the most expensive Samsung phone try charging its battery with top quality I phone charger….if it works then I will believe you…..

  13. I think none of Ronaldo fans watched friendly match between Spain and argentina….and they are calling Cr the goat as if he has already conquered WC title…..just tell me Cr fans how many wc finals has he played till now…don't tell me he had no team?

  14. Everyone keeps talking about Ronaldo winning the UCL the past 3 years. I challenge any of you to tell me there were no several decisive referee decisions that tipped the scale in favor of real Madrid in those 3 UCL wins. To add, Cristiano sucked serious A** last world cup where as messi carried Argentina to the Final with a broken team that sees Higuain miss easily scorable chances every championship final Messi got them to!!! Yet because of the last two games everyone is kissing Ronaldo's sorry A**. Hear what Ricardo Ortiz says in this video then stop and think for a minute!!!! MESSI is the GOAT

  15. of fuck me, Ronaldo has two good matches and suddenly he's the GOAT while Messi's had thousands of these matches just not his last two, what is wrong with people hahahahaha

  16. Love all the Croatians that want them to stop talking about Messi and Argentina, and talk about their win instead – I get it, It's nice to have your ego stroked! (I love to watch pundits praise my own team) But it's not the biggest story right now. The juicier story is the absolute MELTDOWN going on in the Argentinian team right now. Makes sense to question wtf's happening to last Cup's finalists and one of the best players around.

  17. All I hear is excuses from these analysts… and its very cringe worthy.? "Messi was born to play for Barcelona and not Argentina because he left as a 12 yr old".? not even Messi himself would think of a crazy excuse lyke that to explain his play, you guys are a joke if you get paid to be an "analyst".???

  18. Hannah all i see is an orgy! These guys defends better than maldini. Clowns. Hope they use condoms with messi! Imagine Ronaldo missed a ok and had 2shit games while messi scored 3goals against Spain and 1 against Morocco, it will be a wankfest and Ronaldo will be crucified. Can't before this guys are paid for this. Can't get lower than this son

  19. For everyone bitching about ESPN defending Messi…well, even if it's biased, SOMEBODY ought to…I never cared about either Messi OR Ronaldo or this goat debate all that much before this world cup, but right now it's like OPEN SEASON on Messi in every corner of the world, it's actually kind of disgusting. It's one thing for Argentinians or footballers who've played with him before to air their grievances, or for people to dissect why Argentina has been performing so poorly, but the sheer quantity of Messi trash talk out there right now is mind-boggling to me. It's well known he's an introverted person, not very open, not great leaderships skills, and the only reason he's become such a big public figure is purely because of his football skills. He has the most ill-suited personality for the spotlight otherwise. I don't know why people are so surprised he's buckling under this kind of pressure. He wouldn't be suited to captaining even an extremely competent team, and this team is the polar opposite of that. I think it's clear now that Ronaldo is mentally the stronger athlete and better leader. I don't think it needs to be harped on over and over and over again. It's seriously gross that people, both on social media and in the media media, feel the need to literally throw heaps upon heaps of insults and judgments on a person who is already suffocating under the pressure of public opinion.

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