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Daily Mirror
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Mark Jones

Mexico boss says Lionel Messi won't win World Cup after coaching him for club and country

Mexico coach Gerardo Martino has picked who he thinks will win the World Cup, and it isn't his former player Lionel Messi and his native Argentina.

Messi scored a stunning goal to help turn Argentina's campaign around against the Mexicans on Saturday night, when they recovered from their shock defeat to Saudi Arabia in their opening match to win 2-0 and breathe new life into their campaign.

They now go into Wednesday's final game of the group stage against Poland knowing that a win will send them through as group winners, but Martino - who coached Messi at Barcelona in the 2013-14 season, and at Argentina for two years between 2014 and 2016 - doesn't see his own country as potential winners.

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