Argentina defender Javier Mascherano has said that fellow countryman Lionel Messi is “desperate” to put in a good performance at the World Cup.
Mascherano told reporters at a press conference that Messi, who missed a penalty against Iceland, is frustrated at being unable to put in a solid performance in Russia so far.
“Leo is fine,” the defender said. “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.”