These 3 stats show how truly awful Lionel Messi was during Argentina’s humiliating 3-0 loss to Croatia

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• Argentina suffered a shock 3-0 loss against Croatia in a 2018 FIFA World Cup game on Thursday.
• Wilfredo Caballero’s goalkeeping howler led to Croatia’s opening goal, but Lionel Messi — Argentina’s captain — struggled to make an impact.
• In fact, three key statistics indicate how truly awful Messi was.
• Messi, considered one of the two top soccer players on the planet, was almost half the player he has been and if he fails to find his goalscoring boots in the next game, Argentina is heading toward an embarrassing World Cup exit.
• Read all of Business Insider’s World Cup coverage here.

One of the biggest shocks of the 2018 FIFA World Cup so far is the poor performance of some of the heavyweight nations.

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