Lionel Messi admitted that Argentina would need to “correct the bad” aspects—of which there were “many”—on display in a deeply underwhelming 3–2 victory over Cabo Verde on Friday night, offering a concise and insightful breakdown of his team’s struggles when pressing.
The defending World Cup champion took a first-half lead against the third-smallest nation to ever qualify for the tournament thanks to Messi’s seventh goal of the summer. But then they stopped playing.
