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Five reasons why Lionel Messi plays better for his club than his country

The Spoiler attempts to explain the Argentinian’s inconsistency

A strange thing tends to happen when Lionel Messi pulls on an Argentina shirt – generally speaking, he loses the dazzling talent that made him the centre piece in Barcelona’s triple-winning season. But [...]

Argentina: still a bit rubbish

The Albicelestes’ poor form under Diego Maradona continues

Paraguay 1/ Argentina 0 While World Cup Qualification strugglers Portugal were given a boost with a 1-0 victory in Hungary last [...]

Argentina are making a mess of qualifying for the World Cup

Awful away form continues to hinder Diego Maradona’s side

Ever since CONMEBOL first introduced their lengthy everyone-plays-everyone (twice!) World Cup qualifying system for France 1998, Argentina have coasted through – finishing first twice and joint-top on the other occasion.

This campaign, however, has [...]