BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil: Lionel Messi returned to the Argentina side to continue chasing his dream of winning a trophy with his country at the Copa America, but with the team floundering under coach Lionel Scaloni, the experience is turning sour.
Against Paraguay, Scaloni made four changes to the team that had lost 2-0 to Colombia, axing high-profile players such as Angel di Maria and Sergio Aguero. Messi, who has lost three Copa finals and missed a penalty in Argentina's shootout defeat by Chile in 2016, did not hide his feelings as the prospect of his side's earliest elimination from the Copa since 1983 edged closer."It's very frustrating not to win, we've played twice and not won either game, that was not what we thought would happen. It would be crazy if we did not qualify," he told reporters.
A member of Jorge Sampaoli's back-room staff, Scaloni was an uninspiring choice to become Argentina's next coach when Sampaoli was sacked after the chaotic 2018 World Cup and his inexperience is showing at his first major tournament.
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