Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Argentina vs Croatia - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - June 21, 2018 Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli gestures during the match REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Argentina's despondent coach Jorge Sampaoli took the blame for Thursday's shambolic 3-0 World Cup defeat by Croatia as he tried to deflect the criticism from a terrible goalkeeping mistake and a poor performance by his captain Lionel Messi.
"It's not the boss's partial responsibility, it's his total responsibility," said Sampaoli, after presiding over Argentina's heaviest defeat in the World Cup group stage since 1958, a result that saw Croatia qualify for the last 16.
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