Footballing connoisseurs all over the world are feasting on the FIFA World Cup, and to tell the truth, it’s nothing short of a festival for them. But for a country in the southern half of South America, it hardly seems to be a feast worth celebrating.
Argentina ended their World Cup opener with a 1-1 scoreline against Iceland and a point in Group D. Kudos to the Scandinavians for emerging with a point after an impressive display of defensive resilience. However, they are the least of anybody’s worries at the moment.
Time and again Lionel Messi has been held at gunpoint for not delivering and the game against Iceland was no different. The little magician was denied a penalty and he found himself being guillotined for the same at the end of 90 minutes.
Why doesn’t he deliver for Argentina? That’s a question asked by each and every one of the Albiceleste faithful. And when he is pitted against his nemesis Ronaldo, the comparison aggravates the vexation, given how the Portuguese talisman carries his nation almost single-handedly on numerous occasions (including recently against Spain).