Nigeria vs Argentina: Messi frustrated, desperate ahead of Super Eagles clash

Argentina defender, Javier Mascherano, has claimed that captain Lionel
Messi is frustrated and desperate, ahead of their final Group D clash
against Nigeria.


The South Americans are facing a group-stage exit in Russia, after
collecting just one point from their opening two games.

Messi, who turned 31 on Sunday, is yet to score or provide an assist
at the tournament and had a penalty saved during a 1-1 draw with
Iceland.


Mascherano, whose team must beat the Super Eagles on Tuesday to have
any chance of reaching the last 16, said the star forward was only
human.

"Leo is fine," he told a news conference.

"But as a collective, where things don't go as we'd like, we all have
our own frustrations.


"He's human and he has his own frustrations but he's desperate to turn
the situation around.

"He wants to show the world a different image to the one we've shown
in the first two games."