Football legend and former Argentina star Diego Maradona says Nigeria almost disgraced his country when they played a friendly in Russia in November last year.
The 1986 World Cup winner also believes the Albiceleste have lost their fear factor as only Lionel Messi is the one who commands fear in opponents.
“The problem with Argentina is that we don’t have good defence and midfield. People talk about Lucas Biglia but he is not the best for me. Unfortunately they are always afraid to say it,” the Napoli legend stated in an interview with diariopopular.com.ar. “Today, except for Lionel Messi teams don’t fear Argentina again. Look at the last game against Nigeria; they nearly scored eight goals against us. In my time you know what happened when we played them.
“Jorge Sampaoli is lucky we have Messi in the team because when he is in top form he can cover the mistakes of others.
“If he hits top form in Russia, then we have 60 percent of becoming the champion with others complementing his effort.”
