Argentina World Cup winner Ossie Ardiles has claimed that his country can’t win the tournament by just relying on Lionel Messi.
The Barcelona superstar is currently the Albicelestes’ top goalscorer in Brazil with four, and the 61-year-old is worried that Alejandro Sabella’s side are relying too heavily on the Ballon d’Or recipient.
“At the moment [Argentina] look like they have just one tactic – give the ball to Messi and he will do the rest!” he told The Times of India.
“Yes, Messi has had a wonderful tournament. He has been named man of the match in every game. So far, so good. But we need the rest of the team to do a lot more.
“Messi cannot win the World Cup on his own. Belgium will not come on to just defend, but also attack when they can.
“They are going to test the Argentina defence a lot more than the other teams. That's why this is going to be a very tricky game for us.
“We cannot keep depending on 'Messi Magic' and the rest of them need to step up now. The only ones who have done this are [Angel] Di Maria and [Javier] Mascherano, who has been doing a good job in the defence.
“We need more up front especially from [Ezequiel] Lavezzi and [Gonzalo] Higuain, who has played all four games but been pretty much absent.”
