Former Argentina national team manager Jorge Sampaoli has blamed Lionel Messi's struggles with the team and his poor reception in his homeland on Argentine society, saying the people enjoy "destroying things much more" than they enjoy success.
Per Goal's Chris Burton, Sampaoli made the comments about the Barcelona star while speaking in Brazil:
"I coached the best player in the world, I don't [know] if he's the best in history, because he now has more than 600 goals in Europe, he's broken all the records, but he arrives in his country and he's criticised.