Jorge Sampaoli puts focus on Messi in bid for salvation

It never ends well when players and manager fall out, especially so at the biggest sporting event on Earth.

France fell apart in 2010, when Nicholas Anelka was sent home from South Africa after several senior players disputed Raymond Domenech’s tactics. Both ended up losers, with France out at the group stages and Domenech out of a job.

And who can forget 2002, when Roy Keane headed home from Saipan after his bust-up with Mick McCarthy and Ireland’s fortune’s headed south, albeit unlucky to be beaten by Spain on penalties in the last 16?