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Diego Maradona Says Current Argentina Team 'Don't Deserve to Wear the Shirt'

Argentina legend Diego Maradona has said the current team "don't deserve to wear the shirt" after they suffered a 3-1 defeat to Venezuela on Friday evening.

Lionel Messi returned to Argentina's lineup but couldn't prevent them losing at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid. Maradona, who won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, spoke to reporters and criticised the board in control of the team, as well as the players:

“I prefer not to watch horror films but I don’t know how the inept bunch who are in charge of Argentina thought they were going to beat Venezuela.