The World Cup today features the return of Lionel Messi and Argentina, who have work to do in a Group C match against Mexico (at 2 p.m. Eastern) after their stunning upset loss against Saudi Arabia in their group opener. Follow along for live updates:
If anything, there was an ease about the Argentines in their opening match against Saudi Arabia that perhaps served them poorly. The second half brought them things they did not expect and stammered to counter.
“Sometimes your opponent is not at his best motivation,” Saudi Arabia Manager Hervé Renard said. “This is normal … Can you imagine Lionel Messi playing against Saudi Arabia and you tell him, ‘We have to start well,’ this is not like he was playing Brazil. This [difference] is normal.” As Argentina “owned the first half,” as Manager Lionel Scaloni put it, the offsides made the game start to feel “strange,” where “a single goal could turn things around, and that’s how things developed.”
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