Lionel Scaloni, the Argentina head coach, has defended the behaviour of his players after their World Cup quarter-final victory over the Netherlands
“We need to show our pride and we just played the game the way we had to play it. And then there is a referee in charge of making decisions. Things end in the moment the referee blows the final whistle. So, we respect all the teams, the Netherlands, Croatia now and all the opponents we face. That’s one of our main characteristics and features of our personality since the first game.
“We need to put an end to this idea of us not being good winners or losers – that’s very far from who we actually are as a team, as a squad and as the way we represent this nation.” Messi is in line to make a record-equalling 25th World Cup appearance on Tuesday, drawing level with Germany’s Lothar Matthäus.
Nicolás Tagliafico is expected to replace the suspended left-back Javier Acuna. Gonzalo Montiel, who came on against the Netherlands, is also suspended.
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