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Is Lionel Messi's Argentina out of World Cup campaign? No, not yet
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Is Lionel Messi's Argentina out of World Cup campaign? No, not yet

Rahul Saha
Argentina played one of the worst games in the recent history as Croatia go to the knock-out stages with a hammering 3-0 win at the Nizhny Novgorod Arena on Thursday. The ageing Argentina squad never actually woke up from their deep slumber as the likes of Rebic, Modric and Rakitic hammered away three goals into the back of the Argentine net.

A curiously lifeless and uninspired Argentine display was capped off by Caballero's mistake when he somehow managed to chip the ball just a few yards to Croatia's Rebic, following a Gabriel Mercado backpass.

The Group D defeat means Argentina

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