Croatia march on as Argentina near exit door

Argentina 0 Croatia 3: Not the end. But the beginning of it.

A brutal beginning. Lionel Messi’s international career looks likely to end in historic failure as Argentina were pushed to the brink of an exit at the group stages of a World Cup for the first time in 48 years by a blistering second-half Croatian barrage.

The roof fell in on the most gifted player of his generation in Nizhny Novgorod as Argentina self-detonated in mortifying fashion.