The Argentines suffered one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history when they lost 2-1 to low-ranked Saudi Arabia, as captain and top scorer Messi embarked on his fifth and most likely final attempt to win the only prize in soccer that has eluded him.
When asked about how to deal with the biggest threat for Mexico in Saturday's clash, Martino could not help but praise Messi. "However, we always need to prepare as if Messi will show his best version. We can never speculate that maybe he won't, because many times it has happened that during the 90 minutes, five were enough for him to decide the whole game.""When we saw Argentina being drawn in our group, we never imagined the scenario we will have tomorrow," Martino said.
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