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'Without Messi we are just another team' - Maradona laments Argentina World Cup exit

The 1986 World Cup winner did not see anything that surprised him as his country made their exit from Russia 2018

Argentina's World Cup exit at the hands of France has been lamented by Diego Maradona, who believes too much pressure was put on Lionel Messi.

Angel Di Maria and Gabriel Mercado overturned Antoine Griezmann's penalty to give Argentina the lead in the last-16 clash, but France hit back from a stunner from Benjamin Pavard and a Kylian Mbappe double.

Sergio Aguero scored late on for Jorge Sampaoli's side, but it was not enough to avoid a 4-3 defeat to Didier Deschamps' side in Kazan .